Cloud is a rare variant of Claude that peaked in 2020 and remains in steady use.
Cloud is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,095 for boy births in the United States (and #6,646 across all names), given to 39 babies. Cloud first appears in 1913 and peaked in 2020 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,095 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | #15,789 | #2,881 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | #13,813 | #2,703 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | #15,830 | #2,836 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,196 |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | #15,640 | #2,556 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,356 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | #16,224 | #3,723 |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,529 |
| 2016 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,541 |
| 2015 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,243 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,809 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,013 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,153 |
| 2011 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,008 |
| 2010 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,911 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,937 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,927 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,523 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,837 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,298 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,194 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,825 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,469 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,344 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,420 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | — | #2,792 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | — | #3,739 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,457 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,104 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | — | #3,789 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,733 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,320 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | — | #2,502 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | — | #3,590 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,592 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,426 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,296 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | — | #2,586 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #3,937 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #2,904 |