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Alain

Rank in 2024
#3,260
Born in 2024
37
Peak year
1988 · #1031
Origin
French

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 37 boys were named Alain, about 1 in every 46,360.
  • It peaked in 1988 with 92 babies, ranked #1031.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1942.
  • 3,936 boys have been named Alain since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Alain per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 397 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 693 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,179 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,023 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 634 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from French Alain.

  • A male given name from French, equivalent to English Alan.
Origin
French
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Alain, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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