Hurricane Names 2025-2029 – Is Yours On The List?

Ever wonder why tropical storms and hurricanes are given names? It’s not to make these disastrous storms seem friendlier, that’s for sure. Storms are given names to make them easier to remember. Did you name make the list of Hurricane Names 2025? And who picks the names? Read on to find out!

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2025

1. Andrea
2. Barry
3. Chantal
4. Dexter
5. Erin
6. Fernand
7. Gabrielle
8. Humberto
9. Imelda
10. Jerry
11. Karen
12. Lorenzo
13. Melissa
14. Nestor
15. Olga
16. Pablo
17. Rebekah
18. Sebastien
19. Tanya
20. Van
21. Wendy

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2026

1. Arthur
2. Bertha
3. Cristobal
4. Dolly
5. Edouard
6. Fay
7. Gonzalo
8. Hanna
9. Isaias
10. Josephine
11. Kyle
12. Leah
13. Marco
14. Nana
15. Omar
16. Paulette
17. Rene
18. Sally
19. Teddy
20. Vicky
21. Wilfred

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2027

1. Ana
2. Bill
3. Claudette
4. Danny
5. Elsa
6. Fred
7. Grace
8. Henri
9. Imani
10. Julian
11. Kate
12. Larry
13. Mindy
14. Nicholas
15. Odette
16. Peter
17. Rose
18. Sam
19. Teresa
20. Victor
21. Wanda

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2028

1. Alex
2. Bonnie
3. Colin
4. Danielle
5. Earl
6. Farrah
7. Gaston
8. Hermine
9. Idris
10. Julia
11. Karl
12. Lisa
13. Martin
14. Nicole
15. Owen
16. Paula
17. Richard
18. Shary
19. Tobias
20. Virginie
21. Walter

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2029

1. Arlene
2. Bret
3. Cindy
4. Don
5. Emily
6. Franklin
7. Gert
8. Harold
9. Idalia
10. Jose
11. Katia
12. Lee
13. Margot
14. Nigel
15. Ophelia
16. Philippe
17. Rina
18. Sean
19. Tammy
20. Vince
21. Whitney

How are Hurricanes Named?

The World Meteorological Organization is responsible for developing the names for both Northern Pacific and Atlantic storms. They use six lists of names for Atlantic Ocean and Eastern North Pacific storms. These lists rotate, one each year.

That means every six years, the names cycle back around and get reused. If a hurricane does tremendous damage, such as Katrina, Sandy, or Harvey, the name is retired and replaced by a different name beginning with the same letter.

During the 1950s, meteorologists realized that it was difficult to keep track of unnamed storms—particularly if there was more than one storm happening at any given time. By 1953, meteorologists around the United States were using names for tropical storms and cyclones.

In those days, the storm names were all female. Both male and female names were used for Northern Pacific storms in 1978, and by 1979, male and female names were being used for Atlantic storms, too.

Prior to the 1950s, meteorologists kept track of hurricanes and tropical storms by the year and the storms’ order for that year. So, for instance, the fifth tropical storm of 1938 was referred to as just that — the “fifth tropical storm of 1938” or “Storm 5.”

Tropical storms and hurricanes that did a lot of damage received unofficial names—like the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane, which did so much damage that the Miami government implemented the first known building code in the United States.

The names now alternate between male and female names, listed alphabetically and in chronological order starting with A and omitting Q and U, X, Y, and Z.  If more than 21 names are required during a season, the World Meteorological Organization used to use letters of the Greek alphabet.

No More Greek Alphabet Names

As of March 17, 2021, the Greek alphabet will no longer be used, and an auxiliary list of names will be used. The WMO said the Greek alphabet will no longer be used for the following reasons:

• Can be too much focus on the names rather than the storm’s impacts.
• Confusion with translation to other languages that are impacted by Atlantic storms.
• Pronunciation and order in succession. Similar sounding names, Zeta, Theta, Eta, created challenges in communication.
• There is no formal plan to retire Greek names. The 2020 hurricane season was the first in which Greek names were retired. Reuse of those names would be inappropriate.

The year 2020 was the most active for hurricanes. There were 30 named storms (beating the record of 28 in 2005).

2021 had 21 named storms, the third most active year ever. Hurricane Ida caused over $60 billion in damages. This storm hit Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane and resulted in 26 deaths in LA, and at least 50 in the Northeast region of the country.

Retired Hurricane Names In The Past Decade:

2010: Igor, Thomas

2011: Irene

2012: Sandy

2013: Ingrid

2014: N/A

2015: Erika, Joaquin

2016: Matthew, Otto

2017: Harvey, Irma, Maria, Nate

2018: Florence, Michael

2019: Dorian

2020: Laura (Eta, Iota and other letters in the Greek alphabet will no longer be used — see above)

2021: Ida

2022: Fiona, Ian

2023: N/A

2024: N/A

Interesting fact: Hurricanes with “i” names are retired the most often!

Tropical Storms vs. Hurricanes

The National Hurricane Center explains that names are only given to tropical storms that have sustained wind speeds higher than 39 mph. These names will stay with the storm as it reaches hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or higher). This means Tropical Storm Debby, for example, will become Hurricane Debby if it reaches maturity.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1st, peaks September 10th, and ends November 30th. Although hurricanes may form at any time.

Previous Hurricane Names

Atlantic Hurricane Names 2024

1. Alberto
2. Beryl
3. Chris
4. Debby
5. Ernesto
6. Francine
7. Gordon
8. Helene
9. Isaac
10. Joyce
11. Kirk
12. Leslie
13. Milton
14. Nadine
15. Oscar
16. Patty
17. Rafael
18. Sara
19. Tony
20. Valerie
21. William

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