Boys' name · since 1913
Cloud
Cloud has 750 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,150 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 750
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cloud currently ranks #3092 among boys' names in America, with 750 babies recorded since 1913.
Cloud has 750 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3092 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #6,150 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,092 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 750 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cloud ranks #6,150 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,092 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 750 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,150 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 750
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cloud's 750 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Cloud compares
750 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cloud's all-time total is 103% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cloud | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 750 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cloud's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cloud splits its recorded history at 2005: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cloud popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Cloud popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2018 (Cloud as girls' name)
Cloud by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (269 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Cloud's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Cloud births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 25
1910s
25 births
- 1920s 52
1920s
52 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
269 births
- 2020s
2020s
263 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 269 births (36% of all-time use).
How Cloud compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cloud's total volume
Cloud by state
Where Cloud concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 75 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
75 of 750 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Cloud's data
- Cloud's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (269 total births) through the 2020s (263) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Clouds (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cloud: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cloud draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.