Hunter

Girl's name · #842 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

9% girls · 91% boys — About 91% of babies named Hunter in recent years have been boys. Hunter →

Popularity over time

Hunter's best rank, #305, came in 1998; it has settled back to #842 today. Roughly 14,000 girls have been named Hunter since 1902.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,218 in Canada (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #765 in Scotland (2019) · #296 in New Zealand (2007).

Hunter Schafer — American actress and model (born 1998)
Hunter King — American actress (born 1993)
Hunter Tylo — American actress (born 1962)
Hunter McGrady — American plus-size model (born 1993)
Hunter Lovins — American environmentalist, sustainable development advocate (born 1950)

Among 323 notable people named Hunter:

Entertainers appear 1.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hunter Schafer, American actress and model (born 1998).

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