Hunter
#841 for girls in 2025, 323 births · #130 for boys in 2025, 2,761 births
Given to boys 94.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 12,538 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 262,238since 1880
Hunter over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #841 | 323 | #130 | 2,761 |
| 2024 | #878 | 307 | #128 | 2,852 |
| 2023 | #806 | 347 | #115 | 3,131 |
| 2022 | #782 | 364 | #101 | 3,605 |
| 2021 | #816 | 340 | #86 | 4,206 |
| 2020 | #830 | 329 | #68 | 4,786 |
| 2019 | #861 | 311 | #66 | 5,398 |
| 2018 | #825 | 329 | #56 | 6,117 |
| 2017 | #736 | 384 | #53 | 6,760 |
| 2016 | #842 | 338 | #45 | 7,681 |
| 2015 | #791 | 356 | #41 | 8,367 |
| 2014 | #768 | 364 | #40 | 8,841 |
| 2013 | #929 | 273 | #36 | 8,988 |
| 2012 | #1,179 | 208 | #45 | 8,053 |
| 2011 | #1,217 | 197 | #55 | 7,380 |
| 2010 | #1,317 | 178 | #58 | 7,334 |
| 2009 | #1,301 | 186 | #56 | 7,751 |
| 2008 | #1,257 | 200 | #54 | 8,045 |
| 2007 | #1,194 | 212 | #57 | 8,218 |
| 2006 | #1,050 | 244 | #54 | 8,574 |
| 2005 | #1,027 | 236 | #53 | 8,512 |
| 2004 | #742 | 354 | #49 | 8,902 |
| 2003 | #764 | 324 | #41 | 9,900 |
| 2002 | #561 | 472 | #38 | 11,085 |
| 2001 | #441 | 628 | #36 | 11,335 |
| 2000 | #402 | 714 | #35 | 12,538 |
| 1999 | #354 | 844 | #36 | 11,485 |
| 1998 | #304 | 997 | #36 | 11,078 |
| 1997 | #371 | 728 | #44 | 8,405 |
| 1996 | #355 | 782 | #47 | 7,603 |
| 1995 | #340 | 774 | #53 | 6,715 |
| 1994 | #327 | 822 | #67 | 5,585 |
| 1993 | #519 | 471 | #97 | 3,792 |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | #135 | 2,541 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | #167 | 1,929 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | #219 | 1,391 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #225 | 1,206 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #243 | 980 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #271 | 806 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | #306 | 671 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #336 | 567 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #380 | 459 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #437 | 357 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #474 | 317 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #518 | 266 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #548 | 242 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #611 | 196 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #695 | 145 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #668 | 160 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #732 | 130 |
| 1975 | — | #796 | 109 | |
| 1974 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #847 | 87 |
| 1972 | — | #877 | 84 | |
| 1971 | — | #811 | 99 | |
| 1970 | — | #776 | 113 | |
| 1969 | — | #778 | 98 | |
| 1968 | — | #765 | 94 | |
| 1967 | — | #811 | 80 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #888 | 66 |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #881 | 75 | |
| 1963 | — | #906 | 68 | |
| 1962 | — | #871 | 76 | |
| 1961 | — | #915 | 69 | |
| 1960 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1959 | — | #946 | 66 | |
| 1958 | — | #956 | 63 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #889 | 72 |
| 1956 | — | #946 | 62 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,011 | 55 | |
| 1954 | — | #892 | 68 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,002 | 51 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,005 | 49 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,001 | 49 | |
| 1947 | — | #839 | 68 | |
| 1946 | — | #848 | 60 | |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,018 | 41 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,037 | 42 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,054 | 41 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,090 | 36 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,149 | 32 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,094 | 35 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,417 | 22 | |
| 1935 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1934 | — | #942 | 45 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,124 | 34 | |
| 1932 | — | #888 | 52 | |
| 1931 | — | #910 | 50 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #836 | 61 | |
| 1928 | — | #902 | 55 | |
| 1927 | — | #911 | 56 | |
| 1926 | — | #855 | 60 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #823 | 67 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,011 | 48 |
| 1920 | — | #805 | 69 | |
| 1919 | — | #898 | 55 | |
| 1918 | — | #789 | 68 | |
| 1917 | — | #822 | 60 | |
| 1916 | — | #922 | 47 | |
| 1915 | — | #868 | 50 | |
| 1914 | — | #819 | 42 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #835 | 28 | |
| 1911 | — | #793 | 17 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hunter was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hunter
- 2 spots since 2024 (#128 → #130)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#68 → #130)
- 89 spots since 2015 (#41 → #130)
- Biggest jump: 592 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 574 spots in 1903 (#556 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #35 (12,538 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1993–2021
- Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1956–2025
- Highest: 1 in 157 boys born in 2000 were named Hunter (0.64%)
- Latest: 1 in 619 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
- 36.2% of all boys named Hunter (94,860) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #484 (1888) | #666 |
| 1890s | 101 | #534 (1896) | #680 |
| 1900s | 125 | #538 (1904) | #728 |
| 1910s | 419 | #755 (1910) | #829 |
| 1920s | 576 | #803 (1923) | #908 |
| 1930s | 393 | #888 (1932) | #1,059 |
| 1940s | 470 | #839 (1947) | #992 |
| 1950s | 576 | #889 (1957) | #979 |
| 1960s | 764 | #765 (1968) | #861 |
| 1970s | 1,215 | #611 (1979) | #765 |
| 1980s | 5,871 | #225 (1989) | #374 |
| 1990s | 60,524 | #36 (1999) | #90 |
| 2000s | 94,860 | #35 (2000) | #47 |
| 2010s | 74,919 | #36 (2013) | #50 |
| 2020s | 21,341 | #68 (2020) | #105 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hunter in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 4,496 of them was named Hunter, which outranked 96.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #733Aniya386
- #733Livia386
- #735Ellen385
- #736Hunter384
- #736Elora384
- #736Leanna384
- #739Clementine383
- #739Princess383
- #741Amiya382
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 274 of them was named Hunter, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.