Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Alain” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alain” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alain” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alain” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alain” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alain” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alain” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alain” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 15 0.000003768 15 -100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 -100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 -100%
1957 23 0.000005473 23 -100%
1958 21 0.00000508 21 -100%
1959 25 0.000006013 25 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 29 -100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 -100%
1962 35 0.000008673 35 -100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 -100%
1964 47 0.00001209 47 -100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 -100%
1966 32 0.000009207 32 -100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 42 0.000012085 42 -100%
1970 43 0.000011923 43 -100%
1971 46 0.000013402 46 -100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 -100%
1973 39 0.000012927 39 -100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 -100%
1975 50 0.00001656 50 -100%
1976 72 0.000023729 6 66 -83%
1977 47 0.000014796 47 -100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 49 0.000014226 49 -100%
1981 52 0.000015032 52 -100%
1982 69 0.00001967 69 -100%
1983 70 0.000020212 70 -100%
1984 74 0.000021211 74 -100%
1985 83 0.000023255 83 -100%
1986 80 0.00002249 80 -100%
1987 89 0.000024684 89 -100%
1988 92 0.000024898 92 -100%
1989 80 0.000020809 80 -100%
1990 77 0.000019481 77 -100%
1991 79 0.000020281 79 -100%
1992 71 0.000018483 71 -100%
1993 81 0.000021484 81 -100%
1994 51 0.000013718 51 -100%
1995 69 0.000018841 69 -100%
1996 62 0.000016999 62 -100%
1997 67 0.000018479 67 -100%
1998 59 0.00001604 59 -100%
1999 60 0.000016243 60 -100%
2000 54 0.000014286 54 -100%
2001 67 0.000017898 67 -100%
2002 63 0.000016853 63 -100%
2003 81 0.000021303 81 -100%
2004 60 0.000015703 60 -100%
2005 72 0.000018726 72 -100%
2006 73 0.000018452 73 -100%
2007 68 0.00001701 68 -100%
2008 61 0.000015519 61 -100%
2009 57 0.000014921 57 -100%
2010 54 0.000014611 54 -100%
2011 63 0.000017224 63 -100%
2012 64 0.000017499 64 -100%
2013 74 0.000020298 74 -100%
2014 51 0.00001376 51 -100%
2015 57 0.000015402 57 -100%
2016 55 0.000014992 55 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 61 0.00001735 61 -100%
2019 49 0.000014117 49 -100%
2020 48 0.000014369 48 -100%
2021 47 0.000013873 47 -100%
2022 49 0.000014484 49 -100%
2023 51 0.000015402 51 -100%
2024 37 0.000011116 37 -100%

Explore other names

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