first name
HUNTER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 230,193 people named Hunter, 86.3% reported their origin as White, 5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as two or more races. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hunter peaked in 2000, when 13,252 babies got the name.
At least 276,622 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Hunter by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #60. The largest share of babies named Hunter, 56.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Hunter is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hunter has been most common in Alaska (2.4×), Nevada (2.2×), and Wyoming (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.11×).
271,428 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Hunter ranks #168 of 156,621, with 155,740 people. See Hunter as a last name
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