Masculine dossier · first seen 1942

Alain

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alain
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1988

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1942Peak 19882024

Peak year

1988

Decline from peak

59.8%

2024

All-time

3,936

Alain has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1988, when 92 boys were named Alain.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

Down 59.8% from its peak.

All told, about 3,936 Americans have been named Alain and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1942.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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