Alaine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAYN
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Alaine is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Alaine mean?
Celtic: feminine of Alain, the French form of Alan
A feminine form of Alain, the French form of Alan, a Breton name brought to England by the Normans.
Is Alaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Alaine, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Alaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Alaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle, Nicole, Noelle, Danielle, Jolene, Colette, Janelle, Amy, Celeste, Camille, Daphne, Alana
Names related to Alaine
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric, Clyde
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaine, updated 20 October 2026.