Cloud
Cloud was the 3095th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 39 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 2502nd; the most babies were born in 2020 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved up 148 places. More babies were named Cloud in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,095 boys, down 539 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 39boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202050 babies
- Total since 1880
- 776babies recorded
Cloud popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #3,095 | — | 39 |
| 2020 | #15,640 | #2,556 | 5 | 50 |
| 2010 | — | #3,911 | — | 26 |
| 2000 | — | #8,344 | — | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | #6,420 | — | 5 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | #4,104 | — | 5 |
| 1920 | — | #4,426 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Cloud, counting every spelling?
Cloud is the most common spelling of a name family that had 39 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 39 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud | 39 | #3,095 | 213 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cloud?
39 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cloud (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cloud born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 215 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cloud.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cloud?
About 600 people born in the US named Cloud are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Cloud a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cloud by state
How common Cloud was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.7×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cloud: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cloud, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cloud
How popular is the name Cloud?
Cloud was the 3095th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 39 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 2502nd; the most babies were born in 2020 (50). Over the last ten years it has moved up 148 places. More babies were named Cloud in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Cloud a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Cloud in the US.
Where is Cloud most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cloud was most common in Minnesota (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.