How Many People Are Named Alain?
people named Alain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 92,050 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,986 babies named Alain in Social Security records from 1942 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
92 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of ALAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alain (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alain alive today is about 32 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alain first appears in the records in 1942 and was given most often in 1988, to 92 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1942 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #997, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #2,835.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,835 |
| Best rank | #997 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,093 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alain were born in Florida than in any other state: about 766 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alain was given 7.1 times as often in Florida, 3.6 times in New York and 2 times in California.
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