Cloud
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KLOWD
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Cloud is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Cloud mean?
English: English word name; also from Saint Cloud
“cloud”
Saint Cloud, a 6th-century Frankish prince who became a hermit, gave his name to a town near Paris.
Is Cloud a girl's or a boy's name?
Cloud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cloud in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Cloud, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Cloud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Cloud in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Cloud, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Cloud in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cloud in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cloud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cloud, updated 20 October 2026.