How Many People Are Named Hunter?
people named Hunter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,266 people in the US has this name
Based on 276,622 babies named Hunter in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
13,252 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an occupational English surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hunter, 5.3% were girls and 94.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hunter alive today is about 19 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hunter first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2000, to 13,252 babies. In 2025, 3,084 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hunter never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #35, in 2000, and it was in the top 100 for 29 years, 1993 to 2021. In 2025 it ranked #130.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #130 |
| Best rank | #35 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 29 (1993 to 2021) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #41 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hunter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hunter were born in Texas than in any other state: about 20,258 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hunter was given 2.5 times as often in West Virginia, 2.3 times in Vermont and 2.3 times in Wyoming.
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