Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Hunter

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Hunter
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2000

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

12,538

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

77.4%

2024

2,831

All-time

259,395

Hunter is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 12,538 boys were named Hunter.

In 2024, only 2,831 boys were given the name.

Down 77.4% from its peak.

All told, about 259,395 Americans have been named Hunter and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2000

200012,538 boys named Hunter

20242,831 boys named Hunter

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