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Cloud

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Meaning of Cloud: English: 'visible mass of condensed water'

Cloud is a boy's name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 3017th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 4270th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#3017

39 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4270

4 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

776

First recorded 1913 · peak 2020

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 7 babies20002001: 6 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 7 babies2004: 6 babies2005: 7 babies2006: 14 babies2007: 21 babies2008: 19 babies2009: 26 babies2010: 26 babies20102011: 25 babies2012: 24 babies2013: 18 babies2014: 27 babies2015: 35 babies2016: 31 babies2017: 31 babies2018: 34 babies2019: 23 babies2020: 55 babies20202021: 37 babies2022: 50 babies2023: 54 babies2024: 49 babies2025: 39 babies
US babies named Cloud per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 55.

Gender split

97% boys · 3% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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