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Hunter: popularity of the name

Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026

In short

In 2025, 2,761 boys born in the US were named Hunter, rank 130 among boy names. Its highest year since 1980 was 2000, with 12,538 boys. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was given to 8,367 boys, against 2,761 in 2025. It was also given to 323 girls in 2025 (rank 841).

Babies named Hunter in the US each year

GirlsBoys

Babies named Hunter in the US each yearLine chart of the number of babies named Hunter each year from 1980 to 2025; the table below gives the exact figures.010,00020,000198019902000201020202025GirlsBoys
Number of babies born each year. Hover or tap the chart to read a year.

Rank and number of babies by year

YearGirls (Rank)Boys (Rank)
2025323 (841)2,761 (130)
2024307 (878)2,852 (128)
2023347 (806)3,131 (115)
2022364 (782)3,605 (101)
2021340 (816)4,206 (86)
2020329 (830)4,786 (68)
2019311 (861)5,398 (66)
2018329 (825)6,117 (56)
2017384 (736)6,760 (53)
2016338 (842)7,681 (45)
2015356 (791)8,367 (41)
2014364 (768)8,841 (40)
2013273 (929)8,988 (36)
2012208 (1,179)8,053 (45)
2011197 (1,217)7,380 (55)
2010178 (1,317)7,334 (58)
2005236 (1,027)8,512 (53)
2000714 (402)12,538 (35)
1995774 (340)6,715 (53)
199037 (3,021)1,391 (219)
198520 (3,974)567 (336)
19809 (6,058)242 (548)

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Meaning and origin: we do not publish them, because no single official source documents the meaning of each name.

About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data checked October 14, 2026
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