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Hunter name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Hunter ranks #130 in male records (2,761 reported) and #842 in female records (323 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#842 · 323 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 16 female records (307 to 323); rank moved from #881 to #842.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 17 female records (340 to 323); rank moved from #818 to #842.
2025 male rank and count
#130 · 2,761 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 91 male records (2,852 to 2,761); rank moved from #128 to #130.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 1,445 male records (4,206 to 2,761); rank moved from #86 to #130.
Peak year in available data
2016: 7,681 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Hunter becoming more popular?

Hunter's reported male count decreased by 91 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #128 to #130. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Hunter in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for HunterFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7,6810201620252016: 338 female records2017: 384 female records2018: 329 female records2019: 311 female records2020: 329 female records2021: 340 female records2022: 364 female records2023: 347 female records2024: 307 female records2025: 323 female records2016: 7,681 male records2017: 6,760 male records2018: 6,117 male records2019: 5,398 male records2020: 4,786 male records2021: 4,206 male records2022: 3,605 male records2023: 3,131 male records2024: 2,852 male records2025: 2,761 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20253238422,761130
20243078812,852128
20233478063,131115
20223647823,605101
20213408184,20686
20203298324,78668
20193118625,39866
20183298256,11756
20173847376,76053
20163388427,68145

Questions about Hunter’s popularity

How common is Hunter in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Hunter ranks #130 in male records (2,761 reported) and #842 in female records (323 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Hunter?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Hunter only.

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