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Hunter Exciting • Sociable • Good-Humored
Hunter Exciting • Sociable • Good-Humored
Exciting • Sociable • Good-Humored
HunterExciting • Sociable • Good-Humored
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Derived From The English Last Name, Related To The Word "huntsman""".
One of its nicknames is "Hunny""".
Hunter Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
95.22%
Male
4.78%
Female
Hunter is predominantly a boys name, with 4.78% of Hunters being girls, and 95.22% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 252733 males named Hunter, and 12679 females given the name
Popularity of Hunter by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Hunter in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
| Rank | Name | Global Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hendry | 3572 |
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Hunter: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Hunter' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Hunter in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Hunter's average ranking is 1354.51, with it's highest ever rank being #. Hunter has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 30 times.
Hunter has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 265412 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Hunter gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1998, when it's usage went up by 129.93%. During this year, 11078 babies were named Hunter, which was 0.3035% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.334%, in this year alone more than 13000 boys were named Hunter.
Popular 'H' Names for Boys
| Name | 'H-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry | 1. | 32. | 10323 | 0.285% |
| Hunter | 2. | 62. | 7613 | 0.21% |
| Hudson | 3. | 91. | 6098 | 0.169% |
| Harrison | 4. | 182. | 3646 | 0.101% |
| Hayden | 5. | 298. | 2373 | 0.066% |
| Holden | 6. | 507. | 1347 | 0.037% |
| Hector | 7. | 613. | 1094 | 0.03% |
| Hendrix | 8. | 817. | 789 | 0.022% |
| Harvey | 9. | 831. | 770 | 0.021% |
| Hugo | 10. | 873. | 717 | 0.02% |
| Hayes | 11. | 882. | 709 | 0.02% |
| Hank | 12. | 972. | 629 | 0.017% |
| Hamza | 13. | 1172. | 492 | 0.014% |
| Harley | 14. | 1427. | 374 | 0.01% |
| Hezekiah | 15. | 1427. | 374 | 0.01% |
| Harry | 16. | 1437. | 372 | 0.01% |
| Hassan | 17. | 1704. | 298 | 0.008% |
| Harper | 18. | 1722. | 294 | 0.008% |
| Harold | 19. | 1750. | 285 | 0.008% |
| Houston | 20. | 1750. | 285 | 0.008% |