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Hunter

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~270,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#130 among boys
Births in 2025
3,084 276,622 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Hunter popularity over time

Hunter rank by birth year, 1880–2025Hunter ranked #526 in 1880 and #130 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #35, in 2000.#100#1,000#130best #35 in 200018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2000 is the peak year for Hunter, with 13,252 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 29 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #130 with 3,084 births. The ten-year change is -65%.

Babies named Hunter per yearPeaks at 13,252 births in 2000.13,252 in 2000018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Hunter?

About 270,200 people named Hunter are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 276,622 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 14,200 women and 256,000 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Hunter?

Median age among living Hunters: 20. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Hunter a millennial-era name.

Your Hunter

Ages of living people named HunterHalf of living Hunters are older than 20 and half younger.median 20020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Hunter is most common

Vermont uses the name 2.9× as often as the country as a whole. Alaska, Wyoming and West Virginia follow.

Where Hunter is used more than average5 states use the name Hunter more than the national average.Alaska: 2.6× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 2.9× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.6× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: 2.6× the national rateWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.5× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Hunter is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 103 2.9×
Alaska 176 2.6×
Wyoming 85 2.6×
West Virginia 471 2.6×
Hawaii 226 2.5×

Hunter in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Hunter ranked #91 in 2025 on 599 births. That is 46% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Hunter comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from surnames.

Notable people named Hunter

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Hunter S. Thompson American journalist and author 1937–2005 73
Hunter Schafer American actress, model, and LGBTQ activist 1998 45
Hunter Biden American businessman and lobbyist 1970 41
Hunter Parrish American actor 1987 32
Hunter Doohan American actor 1994 27
Hunter Tylo American actress 1962 26
Hunter Armstrong American swimmer 2001 21
Hunter Hayes American country musician 1991 18
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,660 in 1992 to 4,263 in 1993 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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