Hurricane Names List in order available, check names chosen by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for tropical cyclones including hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones. The tropical cyclone names are organized in alphabetical order and alternate between male and female names. The hurricane name list is reused every six years, with the exception of particularly damaging or deadly storms, which have their names retired and replaced.
The six lists here are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years, i.e., the 2023 list will be used again in 2029. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name for a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. Here is an example list of hurricane names which goes upto the year 2029.
Hurricane Names List (Atlantic)
Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The year wise Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Names are mentioned here:-
2023
- Arlene
- Bret
- Cindy
- Don
- Emily
- Franklin
- Gert
- Harold
- Idalia
- Jose
- Katia
- Lee
- Margot
- Nigel
- Ophelia
- Philippe
- Rina
- Sean
- Tammy
- Vince
- Whitney
2024
- Alberto
- Beryl
- Chris
- Debby
- Ernesto
- Francine
- Gordon
- Helene
- Isaac
- Joyce
- Kirk
- Leslie
- Milton
- Nadine
- Oscar
- Patty
- Rafael
- Sara
- Tony
- Valerie
- William
2025
- Andrea
- Barry
- Chantal
- Dexter
- Erin
- Fernand
- Gabrielle
- Humberto
- Imelda
- Jerry
- Karen
- Lorenzo
- Melissa
- Nestor
- Olga
- Pablo
- Rebekah
- Sebastien
- Tanya
- Van
- Wendy
2026
- Arthur
- Bertha
- Cristobal
- Dolly
- Edouard
- Fay
- Gonzalo
- Hanna
- Isaias
- Josephine
- Kyle
- Leah
- Marco
- Nana
- Omar
- Paulette
- Rene
- Sally
- Teddy
- Vicky
- Wilfred
2027
- Ana
- Bill
- Claudette
- Danny
- Elsa
- Fred
- Grace
- Henri
- Imani
- Julian
- Kate
- Larry
- Mindy
- Nicholas
- Odette
- Peter
- Rose
- Sam
- Teresa
- Victor
- Wanda
2028
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Colin
- Danielle
- Earl
- Farrah
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Idris
- Julia
- Karl
- Lisa
- Martin
- Nicole
- Owen
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tobias
- Virginie
- Walter
Atlantic Pronunciation Guide (PDF). In case there is need of hurricane name change, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. Several names have been retired since the lists were created. Here is more information on the history of naming tropical cyclones and retired names.
If a storm forms during the off-season, it will take the next name in the list based on the current calendar date. For example, if a tropical cyclone formed on December 28th, it would take the name from the previous season’s list of names. If a storm formed in February, it would be named from the subsequent season’s list of names.
In the event that more than twenty-one named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, or more than twenty-four named tropical cyclones in the eastern North Pacific basin, any additional storms will take names from an alternate list of names approved by the WMO for each basin. Here are the pronunciation guides for the Atlantic basin and the eastern North Pacific basin.
Eastern North Pacific Names
These lists of hurricane names for Eastern North Pacific are re-cycled every six years (the 2023 list will be used again in 2029). Here are the eastern pacific basin storm names:-
2023
- Adrian
- Beatriz
- Calvin
- Dora
- Eugene
- Fernanda
- Greg
- Hilary
- Irwin
- Jova
- Kenneth
- Lidia
- Max
- Norma
- Otis
- Pilar
- Ramon
- Selma
- Todd
- Veronica
- Wiley
- Xina
- York
- Zelda
2024
- Aletta
- Bud
- Carlotta
- Daniel
- Emilia
- Fabio
- Gilma
- Hector
- Ileana
- John
- Kristy
- Lane
- Miriam
- Norman
- Olivia
- Paul
- Rosa
- Sergio
- Tara
- Vicente
- Willa
- Xavier
- Yolanda
- Zeke
2025
- Alvin
- Barbara
- Cosme
- Dalila
- Erick
- Flossie
- Gil
- Henriette
- Ivo
- Juliette
- Kiko
- Lorena
- Mario
- Narda
- Octave
- Priscilla
- Raymond
- Sonia
- Tico
- Velma
- Wallis
- Xina
- York
- Zelda
2026
- Amanda
- Boris
- Cristina
- Douglas
- Elida
- Fausto
- Genevieve
- Hernan
- Iselle
- Julio
- Karina
- Lowell
- Marie
- Norbert
- Odalys
- Polo
- Rachel
- Simon
- Trudy
- Vance
- Winnie
- Xavier
- Yolanda
- Zeke
2027
- Andres
- Blanca
- Carlos
- Dolores
- Enrique
- Felicia
- Guillermo
- Hilda
- Ignacio
- Jimena
- Kevin
- Linda
- Marty
- Nora
- Olaf
- Pamela
- Rick
- Sandra
- Terry
- Vivian
- Waldo
- Xina
- York
- Zelda
2028
- Agatha
- Blas
- Celia
- Darby
- Estelle
- Frank
- Georgette
- Howard
- Ivette
- Javier
- Kay
- Lester
- Madeline
- Newton
- Orlene
- Paine
- Roslyn
- Seymour
- Tina
- Virgil
- Winifred
- Xavier
- Yolanda
- Zeke
Eastern North Pacific Pronunciation Guide (PDF)
Central North Pacific Names
These lists of hurricane names for Eastern North Pacific are used one after the other. When the bottom of one list is reached, the next name is the top of the next list.
List 1
- Akoni
- Ema
- Hone
- Iona
- Keli
- Lala
- Moke
- Nolo
- Olana
- Pena
- Ulana
- Wale
List 2
- Aka
- Ekeka
- Hene
- Iolana
- Keoni
- Lino
- Mele
- Nona
- Oliwa
- Pama
- Upana
- Wene
List 3
- Alika
- Ele
- Huko
- Iopa
- Kika
- Lana
- Maka
- Neki
- Omeka
- Pewa
- Unala
- Wali
List 4
- Ana
- Ela
- Halola
- Iune
- Kilo
- Loke
- Malia
- Niala
- Oho
- Pali
- Ulika
- Walaka
Central North Pacific Pronunciation Guide (PDF)
Other Basin Names (Worldwide)
Lists of names for other tropical cyclone basins outside of NHC responsibility can be found on the World Meteorological Organization tropical cyclone naming page.
***Data is official and can be checked through the link https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml. This is the official website for National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
