Alain

Where Alain comes from

Borrowed from French Alain.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alain
  • French
Along the way
  1. 1935
    Alain Delon born
    French actor
  2. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,560 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1955
    Alain Prost born
    French racing driver
  4. 1985
    Peak, #998
    83 babies named Alain — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,216.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French, equivalent to English Alan.
Namesakes
  • Alain Delon · French actor, 1935–2024
  • Alain Prost · French racing driver, born 1955
  • Alain Resnais · French film director, 1922–2014
  • Alain Aspect · French physicist, born 1947
  • Alain Badiou · French writer and philosopher, born 1937

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.