Cloud

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Peak · boys
1924 · 12 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
750
since 1913

Cloud over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cloud has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,473, 1924boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,08939
2024#15,2935#2,87344
2023#13,4626#2,69348
2022#15,3065#2,83045
2021—#3,18037
2020#15,0885#2,54650
2019—#4,33723
2018#15,6825#3,70829
2017—#3,51831
2016—#3,52431
2015—#3,23135
2014—#3,78727
2013—#4,98118
2012—#4,13124
2011—#3,99425
2010—#3,89426
2009—#3,91926
2008—#4,90119
2007—#4,49321
2006—#5,78114
2005—#9,1157
2004—#9,9486
2003—#8,6437
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2000—#8,2097
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Cloud! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cloud is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,687 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,497 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Cloud, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,687 · 1 in 19,497

Best ever in a state: #468 in Georgia, 1924.

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See more about Cloud
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 216 spots since 2024 (#2,873 → #3,089)
  • 543 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #3,089)
  • 142 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #3,089)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1924 at #2,473 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1925, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,522
  • Highest: 1 in 34,522 boys born in 2020 were named Cloud (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,473 in 1924, was only 1 in 94,395 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Cloud (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s25#2,562 (1917)#3,347
1920s52#2,473 (1924)#3,487
1930s16#3,390 (1931)#3,678
1940s7#2,743 (1945)#2,743
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1980s5#6,250 (1980)#6,250
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2000s113#3,919 (2009)#7,139
2010s269#3,231 (2015)#3,911
2020s263#2,546 (2020)#2,869

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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Cloud: Baby Name Popularity Since 1880 · Name Pop