Alain
#2,055 most common boys' name of all time · #4,911 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1942–2025
Rank among boys
#2,055
Rank overall
#4,911 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
3,986
Since 2016
496
Peak year
1988 #1,030
Best rank
#999 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 92/yr
Alain first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,850 |
| 2024 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,237 |
| 2023 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,586 |
| 2022 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,706 |
| 2020 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,629 |
| 2019 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,635 |
| 2018 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,242 |
| 2017 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,359 |
| 2016 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,373 |
| 2015 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,309 |
| 2014 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2013 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,906 |
| 2012 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,112 |
| 2011 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,109 |
| 2010 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,359 |
| 2009 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,303 |
| 2008 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,192 |
| 2007 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 2006 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,863 |
| 2005 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,804 |
| 2004 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,998 |
| 2003 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,568 |
| 2002 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,824 |
| 2001 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,718 |
| 2000 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,931 |
| 1999 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,723 |
| 1998 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,725 |
| 1997 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,541 |
| 1996 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,592 |
| 1995 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,441 |
| 1994 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,741 |
| 1993 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,262 |
| 1992 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,345 |
| 1991 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,257 |
| 1990 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,265 |
| 1989 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,201 |
| 1988 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,030 |
| 1987 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,006 |
| 1986 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,044 |
| 1985 | — | 83 | 83 | #999 |
| 1984 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,040 |
| 1983 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,063 |
| 1982 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,102 |
| 1981 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,283 |
| 1980 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,350 |
| 1979 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1978 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,427 |
| 1977 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,327 |
| 1976 | 6 | 66 | 72 | #1,028 |
| 1975 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,200 |
| 1974 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,264 |
| 1973 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1972 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,304 |
| 1971 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1970 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,275 |
| 1969 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,230 |
| 1968 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1967 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,101 |
| 1966 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,367 |
| 1965 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1964 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,124 |
| 1963 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,304 |
| 1962 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,337 |
| 1961 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1960 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,519 |
| 1959 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1958 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,711 |
| 1956 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,640 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,131 |
| 1954 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,106 |
| 1953 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,678 |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1950 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,744 |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,912 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,876 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,019 |