If you're seeking a baby name for the child who's about to storm into your life, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's hurricane list might be able to help you out.
Since 1953, tropical storms that originate in the Atlantic Ocean have been identified by name. There are six lists of 21 names each, and the lists are rotated so that the 2024 list of names will be used again in 2030.
Why give a hurricane a name? The NOAA website explains that "the use of short, distinctive names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error."
We imagine that the same logic holds true when calling kids to the dinner table.
What if a given year happens to have more than 21 storms? Never fear! There is an alternate list of names that has been approved by the World Meteorological Association.
(But let's hope we don't have to touch that particular list.)
Below are the lists of hurricane names for 2024 and the next five years, along with the supplemental names at the end.
2024 hurricane names
- Alberto
- Beryl
- Chris
- Debby
- Ernesto
- Francine
- Gordon
- Helene
- Isaac
- Joyce
- Kirk
- Leslie
- Milton
- Nadine
- Oscar
- Patty
- Rafael
- Sara
- Tony
- Valerie
- William
2025 hurricane names
- Andrea
- Barry
- Chantal
- Dexter
- Erin
- Fernand
- Gabrielle
- Humberto
- Imelda
- Jerry
- Karen
- Lorenzo
- Melissa
- Nestor
- Olga
- Pablo
- Rebekah
- Sebastien
- Tanya
- Van
- Wendy
2026 hurricane names
- Arthur
- Bertha
- Cristobal
- Dolly
- Edouard
- Fay
- Gonzalo
- Hanna
- Isaias
- Josephine
- Kyle
- Leah
- Marco
- Nana
- Omar
- Paulette
- Rene
- Sally
- Teddy
- Vicky
- Wilfred
2027 hurricane names
- Ana
- Bill
- Claudette
- Danny
- Elsa
- Fred
- Grace
- Henri
- Imani
- Julian
- Kate
- Larry
- Mindy
- Nicholas
- Odette
- Peter
- Rose
- Sam
- Teresa
- Victor
- Wanda
2028 hurricane names
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Colin
- Danielle
- Earl
- Farrah
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Idris
- Julia
- Karl
- Lisa
- Martin
- Nicole
- Owen
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tobias
- Virginie
- Walter
2029 hurricane names
- Arlene
- Bret
- Cindy
- Don
- Emily
- Franklin
- Gert
- Harold
- Idalia
- Jose
- Katia
- Lee
- Margot
- Nigel
- Ophelia
- Philippe
- Rina
- Sean
- Tammy
- Vince
- Whitney
Supplemental hurricane names
- Adria
- Braylen
- Caridad
- Deshawn
- Emery
- Foster
- Gemma
- Heath
- Isla
- Jacobus
- Kenzie
- Lucio
- Makayla
- Nolan
- Orlanda
- Pax
- Ronin
- Sophie
- Tayshaun
- Viviana
- Will
