Cloud — #2872 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cloud

The Social Security Administration has registered 711 babies named Cloud between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cloud currently holds the #2872 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cloud performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cloud shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 66 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Cloud in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cloud in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 711 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.