Alain is an uncommon variant of Alan that peaked in 1988 and has grown less common since.
Alain is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,836 for boy births in the United States (and #6,103 across all names), given to 44 babies. Alain was first reported in SSA data in 1942 and peaked in 1988 (92 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,836 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,219 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,579 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,675 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,695 |
| 2020 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,620 |
| 2019 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,627 |
| 2018 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,232 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,347 |
| 2016 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,301 |
| 2014 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,903 |
| 2012 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,104 |
| 2011 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,105 |
| 2010 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,355 |
| 2009 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,289 |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,186 |
| 2007 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,036 |
| 2006 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,856 |
| 2005 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,802 |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,990 |
| 2003 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,562 |
| 2002 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,817 |
| 2001 | 67 | 67 | — | #1,711 |
| 2000 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,927 |
| 1999 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,720 |
| 1998 | 59 | 59 | — | #1,720 |
| 1997 | 67 | — | — | #1,535 |
| 1996 | 62 | — | — | #1,586 |
| 1995 | 69 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1994 | 51 | — | — | #1,734 |
| 1993 | 81 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1992 | 71 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1991 | 79 | — | — | #1,255 |
| 1990 | 77 | — | — | #1,259 |
| 1989 | 80 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1988 | 92 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1987 | 89 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1986 | 80 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1985 | 83 | — | — | #998 |
| 1984 | 74 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1983 | 70 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 69 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1981 | 52 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1980 | 49 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1979 | 36 | — | — | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 43 | — | — | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | — | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 72 | — | #8,175 | #1,019 |
| 1975 | 50 | — | — | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 45 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 39 | — | — | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 42 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 46 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1970 | 43 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1969 | 42 | — | — | #1,221 |
| 1968 | 35 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1967 | 46 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | — | #1,345 |
| 1965 | 32 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1964 | 47 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1962 | 35 | — | — | #1,312 |
| 1961 | 23 | — | — | #1,687 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | — | #1,486 |
| 1959 | 25 | — | — | #1,588 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | — | #1,725 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | — | #1,673 |
| 1956 | 24 | — | — | #1,609 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | — | #2,049 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | — | #2,044 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | — | #1,631 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | — | #3,376 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | — | #2,136 |
| 1950 | 19 | — | — | #1,701 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | — | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | — | #2,252 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,691 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,435 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,568 |