NameTides

Hunter

Hunter was the #130 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,761 babies), and #91 in England & Wales and #113 in Canada.

Hunter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hunter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUSIreland
Hunter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#130 (2,761)#91 (595)#54 (79)#90 (26)#159 (32)#113 (270)#60 (130)#60 (117)
2024#128 (2,852)#78 (692)#52 (86)#93 (25)#148 (35)#108 (284)#49 (143)#50 (137)
2023#115 (3,131)#57 (932)#55 (91)#92 (27)#162 (32)#88 (327)#24 (205)#40 (140)
2022#101 (3,605)#58 (1,006)#36 (122)#71 (38)#117 (53)#74 (399)#23 (224)#35 (154)
2021#86 (4,206)#60 (1,042)#48 (103)#73 (41)#91 (69)#63 (481)#30 (236)#36 (173)
2020#68 (4,786)#58 (1,114)#39 (125)#80 (37)#129 (47)#53 (522)#22 (264)#30 (184)
2019#66 (5,398)#52 (1,278)#27 (169)#70 (46)#116 (58)#50 (563)#19 (275)#29 (205)
2018#56 (6,117)#44 (1,410)#30 (161)#74 (41)#106 (62)#36 (701)#16 (296)#32 (180)
2017#53 (6,760)#78 (841)#68 (96)#98 (29)#162 (37)#35 (740)#16 (301)#35 (182)
2016#45 (7,681)#117 (538)#99 (69)#207 (10)#232 (22)#30 (832)#22 (306)#27 (190)
2015#41 (8,367)#133 (446)#106 (61)#179 (13)#308 (14)#25 (949)#34 (241)#29 (173)
2014#40 (8,841)#198 (289)#106 (64)#202 (11)#314 (14)#26 (907)#26 (287)#29 (187)
2013#36 (8,988)#211 (254)#124 (51)#208 (10)#479 (6)#28 (927)#25 (302)#37 (165)
2012#45 (8,053)#238 (212)#181 (32)#273 (6)#233 (24)#41 (777)#35 (244)#39 (156)
2011#55 (7,380)#473 (78)#241 (17)#375 (3)—#47 (687)#48 (190)#48 (130)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #35.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Hunter were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 620 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 620common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 460common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 320common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 740common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 590common

Next year

On its recent trend, Hunter is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 720 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 660 to 1 in 780.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hunter by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #99NHWashington: #114WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #149MNIllinois: #143ILMichigan: #108MINew York: #151NYMassachusetts: #120MAOregon: #170ORNevada: #106NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #106INOhio: #133OHPennsylvania: #107PANew Jersey: #115NJConnecticut: #118CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #167CAUtah: #181UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #98MOKentucky: #82KYWest Virginia: #58WVVirginia: #117VAMaryland: #112MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #138AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #95KSArkansas: #181ARTennessee: #104TNNorth Carolina: #108NCSouth Carolina: #92SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #114OKLouisiana: #126LAMississippi: #97MSAlabama: #92ALGeorgia: #124GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #161TXFlorida: #143FL
Hunter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#111113
Quebec2025#28417

Hunter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HunterCanadaGirls#1,21821
HunterCanadaBoys#113270
HunterEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
HunterEngland & WalesBoys#91595
HunterIrelandBoys#15932
HunterNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HunterNorthern IrelandBoys#9026
HunterNSWBoys#60130
HunterScotlandGirls—too few
HunterScotlandBoys#5479
HunterUSGirls#841323
HunterUSBoys#1302,761
HunterVICBoys#60117