Hunter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #203 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,084 babies. Hunter first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2000 (13,252 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,084 | #203 |
| 2024 | 3,159 | #190 |
| 2023 | 3,478 | #172 |
| 2022 | 3,969 | #151 |
| 2021 | 4,546 | #127 |
| 2020 | 5,115 | #104 |
| 2019 | 5,709 | #93 |
| 2018 | 6,446 | #84 |
| 2017 | 7,144 | #72 |
| 2016 | 8,019 | #60 |
| 2015 | 8,723 | #55 |
| 2014 | 9,205 | #51 |
| 2013 | 9,261 | #48 |
| 2012 | 8,261 | #57 |
| 2011 | 7,577 | #73 |
| 2010 | 7,512 | #78 |
| 2009 | 7,937 | #78 |
| 2008 | 8,245 | #79 |
| 2007 | 8,430 | #80 |
| 2006 | 8,818 | #76 |
| 2005 | 8,748 | #78 |
| 2004 | 9,256 | #69 |
| 2003 | 10,224 | #61 |
| 2002 | 11,557 | #55 |
| 2001 | 11,963 | #53 |
| 2000 | 13,252 | #45 |
| 1999 | 12,329 | #48 |
| 1998 | 12,075 | #51 |
| 1997 | 9,133 | #68 |
| 1996 | 8,385 | #76 |
| 1995 | 7,489 | #89 |
| 1994 | 6,407 | #110 |
| 1993 | 4,263 | #170 |
| 1992 | 2,660 | #251 |
| 1991 | 1,968 | #315 |
| 1990 | 1,428 | #421 |
| 1989 | 1,235 | #448 |
| 1988 | 1,016 | #494 |
| 1987 | 820 | #572 |
| 1986 | 697 | #643 |
| 1985 | 587 | #721 |
| 1984 | 475 | #806 |
| 1983 | 372 | #929 |
| 1982 | 323 | #1,023 |
| 1981 | 279 | #1,127 |
| 1980 | 251 | #1,216 |
| 1979 | 206 | #1,346 |
| 1978 | 155 | #1,548 |
| 1977 | 170 | #1,483 |
| 1976 | 141 | #1,594 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,822 |
| 1974 | 92 | #1,980 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,929 |
| 1972 | 84 | #2,056 |
| 1971 | 99 | #1,913 |
| 1970 | 113 | #1,785 |
| 1969 | 98 | #1,832 |
| 1968 | 94 | #1,818 |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,943 |
| 1966 | 71 | #2,087 |
| 1965 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 1964 | 75 | #2,100 |
| 1963 | 68 | #2,174 |
| 1962 | 76 | #2,068 |
| 1961 | 69 | #2,188 |
| 1960 | 71 | #2,125 |
| 1959 | 66 | #2,170 |
| 1958 | 63 | #2,198 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 1956 | 62 | #2,178 |
| 1955 | 55 | #2,282 |
| 1954 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 1953 | 41 | #2,588 |
| 1952 | 51 | #2,277 |
| 1951 | 49 | #2,269 |
| 1950 | 49 | #2,226 |
| 1949 | 51 | #2,172 |
| 1948 | 49 | #2,248 |
| 1947 | 68 | #1,854 |
| 1946 | 60 | #1,896 |
| 1945 | 49 | #1,973 |
| 1944 | 41 | #2,174 |
| 1943 | 42 | #2,202 |
| 1942 | 41 | #2,199 |
| 1941 | 33 | #2,363 |
| 1940 | 36 | #2,208 |
| 1939 | 39 | #2,079 |
| 1938 | 32 | #2,328 |
| 1937 | 35 | #2,206 |
| 1936 | 22 | #2,839 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,923 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,905 |
| 1933 | 34 | #2,242 |
| 1932 | 52 | #1,796 |
| 1931 | 50 | #1,821 |
| 1930 | 40 | #2,157 |
| 1929 | 61 | #1,684 |
| 1928 | 55 | #1,825 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,855 |
| 1926 | 60 | #1,750 |
| 1925 | 35 | #2,437 |
| 1924 | 67 | #1,702 |
| 1923 | 69 | #1,640 |
| 1922 | 56 | #1,859 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,937 |
| 1920 | 69 | #1,644 |
| 1919 | 55 | #1,792 |
| 1918 | 68 | #1,624 |
| 1917 | 60 | #1,679 |
| 1916 | 47 | #1,879 |
| 1915 | 50 | #1,771 |
| 1914 | 42 | #1,689 |
| 1913 | 36 | #1,648 |
| 1912 | 28 | #1,761 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,825 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,889 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,778 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,680 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,607 |
| 1904 | 17 | #1,408 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,702 |
| 1902 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,937 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,791 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,660 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,762 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,872 |
| 1896 | 15 | #1,365 |
| 1895 | 7 | #2,067 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,743 |
| 1893 | 12 | #1,413 |
| 1892 | 11 | #1,520 |
| 1891 | 11 | #1,390 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,686 |
| 1889 | 11 | #1,374 |
| 1888 | 16 | #1,140 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,613 |
| 1885 | 10 | #1,303 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,731 |
| 1883 | 6 | #1,584 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,208 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,508 |
| 1880 | 12 | #1,043 |