Hunter*
#140 most common boys' name of all time · #287 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#140
Rank overall
#287 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
276,622
Since 2016
50,669
Peak year
2000 #35
Best rank
#35 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 13,252/yr
Hunter is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 323 | 2,761 | 3,084 | #130 |
| 2024 | 307 | 2,852 | 3,159 | #128 |
| 2023 | 347 | 3,131 | 3,478 | #115 |
| 2022 | 364 | 3,605 | 3,969 | #101 |
| 2021 | 340 | 4,206 | 4,546 | #86 |
| 2020 | 329 | 4,786 | 5,115 | #68 |
| 2019 | 311 | 5,398 | 5,709 | #66 |
| 2018 | 329 | 6,117 | 6,446 | #56 |
| 2017 | 384 | 6,760 | 7,144 | #53 |
| 2016 | 338 | 7,681 | 8,019 | #45 |
| 2015 | 356 | 8,367 | 8,723 | #41 |
| 2014 | 364 | 8,841 | 9,205 | #40 |
| 2013 | 273 | 8,988 | 9,261 | #36 |
| 2012 | 208 | 8,053 | 8,261 | #45 |
| 2011 | 197 | 7,380 | 7,577 | #55 |
| 2010 | 178 | 7,334 | 7,512 | #58 |
| 2009 | 186 | 7,751 | 7,937 | #56 |
| 2008 | 200 | 8,045 | 8,245 | #54 |
| 2007 | 212 | 8,218 | 8,430 | #57 |
| 2006 | 244 | 8,574 | 8,818 | #54 |
| 2005 | 236 | 8,512 | 8,748 | #53 |
| 2004 | 354 | 8,902 | 9,256 | #49 |
| 2003 | 324 | 9,900 | 10,224 | #41 |
| 2002 | 472 | 11,085 | 11,557 | #38 |
| 2001 | 628 | 11,335 | 11,963 | #36 |
| 2000 | 714 | 12,538 | 13,252 | #35 |
| 1999 | 844 | 11,485 | 12,329 | #36 |
| 1998 | 997 | 11,078 | 12,075 | #36 |
| 1997 | 728 | 8,405 | 9,133 | #44 |
| 1996 | 782 | 7,603 | 8,385 | #47 |
| 1995 | 774 | 6,715 | 7,489 | #53 |
| 1994 | 822 | 5,585 | 6,407 | #67 |
| 1993 | 471 | 3,792 | 4,263 | #97 |
| 1992 | 119 | 2,541 | 2,660 | #135 |
| 1991 | 39 | 1,929 | 1,968 | #167 |
| 1990 | 37 | 1,391 | 1,428 | #219 |
| 1989 | 29 | 1,206 | 1,235 | #225 |
| 1988 | 36 | 980 | 1,016 | #243 |
| 1987 | 14 | 806 | 820 | #271 |
| 1986 | 26 | 671 | 697 | #306 |
| 1985 | 20 | 567 | 587 | #336 |
| 1984 | 16 | 459 | 475 | #380 |
| 1983 | 15 | 357 | 372 | #438 |
| 1982 | 6 | 317 | 323 | #475 |
| 1981 | 13 | 266 | 279 | #518 |
| 1980 | 9 | 242 | 251 | #549 |
| 1979 | 10 | 196 | 206 | #611 |
| 1978 | 10 | 145 | 155 | #695 |
| 1977 | 10 | 160 | 170 | #668 |
| 1976 | 11 | 130 | 141 | #732 |
| 1975 | — | 109 | 109 | #796 |
| 1974 | — | 92 | 92 | #838 |
| 1973 | 7 | 87 | 94 | #848 |
| 1972 | — | 84 | 84 | #879 |
| 1971 | — | 99 | 99 | #813 |
| 1970 | — | 113 | 113 | #776 |
| 1969 | — | 98 | 98 | #778 |
| 1968 | — | 94 | 94 | #768 |
| 1967 | — | 80 | 80 | #812 |
| 1966 | 5 | 66 | 71 | #889 |
| 1965 | — | 67 | 67 | #902 |
| 1964 | — | 75 | 75 | #883 |
| 1963 | — | 68 | 68 | #907 |
| 1962 | — | 76 | 76 | #872 |
| 1961 | — | 69 | 69 | #917 |
| 1960 | — | 71 | 71 | #899 |
| 1959 | — | 66 | 66 | #946 |
| 1958 | — | 63 | 63 | #958 |
| 1957 | 5 | 72 | 77 | #892 |
| 1956 | — | 62 | 62 | #948 |
| 1955 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,016 |
| 1954 | — | 68 | 68 | #896 |
| 1953 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,158 |
| 1952 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,003 |
| 1951 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1950 | — | 49 | 49 | #993 |
| 1949 | — | 51 | 51 | #974 |
| 1948 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1947 | — | 68 | 68 | #839 |
| 1946 | — | 60 | 60 | #852 |
| 1945 | — | 49 | 49 | #919 |
| 1944 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,021 |
| 1943 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,041 |
| 1942 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,056 |
| 1941 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,157 |
| 1940 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1939 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,017 |
| 1938 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,156 |
| 1937 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,097 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,421 |
| 1935 | — | 44 | 44 | #959 |
| 1934 | — | 45 | 45 | #946 |
| 1933 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | — | 52 | 52 | #895 |
| 1931 | — | 50 | 50 | #913 |
| 1930 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,095 |
| 1929 | — | 61 | 61 | #838 |
| 1928 | — | 55 | 55 | #905 |
| 1927 | — | 56 | 56 | #913 |
| 1926 | — | 60 | 60 | #859 |
| 1925 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,205 |
| 1924 | — | 67 | 67 | #827 |
| 1923 | — | 69 | 69 | #806 |
| 1922 | — | 56 | 56 | #931 |
| 1921 | 5 | 48 | 53 | #1,013 |
| 1920 | — | 69 | 69 | #808 |
| 1919 | — | 55 | 55 | #900 |
| 1918 | — | 68 | 68 | #790 |
| 1917 | — | 60 | 60 | #828 |
| 1916 | — | 47 | 47 | #927 |
| 1915 | — | 50 | 50 | #868 |
| 1914 | — | 42 | 42 | #823 |
| 1913 | — | 36 | 36 | #795 |
| 1912 | — | 28 | 28 | #842 |
| 1911 | — | 17 | 17 | #801 |
| 1910 | — | 16 | 16 | #765 |
| 1909 | — | 13 | 13 | #815 |
| 1908 | — | 15 | 15 | #691 |
| 1907 | — | 13 | 13 | #749 |
| 1906 | — | 13 | 13 | #687 |
| 1905 | — | 14 | 14 | #649 |
| 1904 | — | 17 | 17 | #552 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,157 |
| 1902 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #568 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #798 |
| 1900 | — | 12 | 12 | #756 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #678 |
| 1898 | — | 10 | 10 | #718 |
| 1897 | — | 8 | 8 | #799 |
| 1896 | — | 15 | 15 | #545 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #897 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #748 |
| 1893 | — | 12 | 12 | #589 |
| 1892 | — | 11 | 11 | #656 |
| 1891 | — | 11 | 11 | #583 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #758 |
| 1889 | — | 11 | 11 | #599 |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | #497 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #774 |
| 1885 | — | 10 | 10 | #617 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #874 |
| 1883 | — | 6 | 6 | #815 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #622 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #796 |
| 1880 | — | 12 | 12 | #546 |