Is Cloud a boy or girl name?

Cloud is a boy’s name. Of the 776 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 3.4% were girls and 96.7% were boys.

Cloud

Recorded 1913–2025 · United States

Cloud was most popular in 2020, when 55 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,154 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,632, with 39 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 776 people named Cloud.

Cloud over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cloud’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cloud a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cloud is a boy’s name — 3.4% of the 776 Americans given it were girls and 96.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cloud

Where Cloud is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org