Alain

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Alain is widely used as a personal name and is the French form of Alan but also exists in English-speaking countries:

From Wikipedia

Alain first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 87 babies (rank #306 that year). In 2024 it was given to 5 boys (rank #3,261). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alain

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alain yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

735
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
87
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199169#348
199287#306
199356#400
199452#393
199556#409
199642#474
199742#477
199827#639
199928#627
200020#793
200119#846
200217#919
200320#845
200415#1,065
200519#942
200614#1,221
200712#1,400
200812#1,434
20099#1,789
201011#1,578
201110#1,711
201213#1,422
201312#1,499
20146#2,387
20156#2,423
20167#2,213
20177#2,323
201815#1,313
20199#1,928
20205#2,995
20227#2,353
20236#2,763
20245#3,261