Hunter
Hunter is a well-established choice, ranked #91 in 2025. With 595 babies named Hunter in 2025, meeting another Hunter at school is a real possibility.
About the Name Hunter
Hunter has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 5834 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #58 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.
Hunter is a very popular name in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Hunter on the register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #881, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Hunter
- Torii Hunter — Torii Kedar Hunter is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder.
- Charlie Hunter — Charlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer, producer and bandleader.
- Hunter Schafer — Hunter Schafer is an American actress, model and trans activist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Hunter
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Hunter
Almost certainly the only Hunter in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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