Alene

• Same eraHaroldLike Alene, it was given most in the 1920s.#991 · steady
• Same rhythmAmeerSame beat as Alene: two syllables, stress on the second, ending on a consonant, but it starts differently.#980 · steady
• ShorterLevOne syllable to Alene's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#999 · steady
• LongerEphraimThree syllables to Alene's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#988 · steady
• RiskyDeanRhymes with Alene. Cute on a birth announcement, confusing across a playground.#125 · rising

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.