Hunt

#10,066 in 2025Boys' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Hunt has been given to 254 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #10,066 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Hunt, 2025

1 in 474,000

Hunt over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hunt: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Hunt means

Hunt is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Hunt is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Hunt is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Hunt is pronounced /hʌnt/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 254 boys were recorded with the name Hunt between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2011; its best national rank was #983 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,194 in 2020 to #10,066 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,047 in 2015 to #10,066 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Hunt?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,066; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hunt sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hunt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hunts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hunt was born before 1988 — so the typical Hunt is around 37 today.

Median birth year: 1988; About 37 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 46.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 228; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Hunt rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,486; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,872; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,019; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.88×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2011 (11)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #983; 1880

Spellings of Hunt

Hunt is not the most common spelling — Hunter is, with 41.6% against Hunt's 0.04%.

Hunter41.6%262,238
Kurt13.6%85,858
Hugh13.3%83,825
Kent11.0%69,322
Hugo5.9%37,482
Hank2.7%16,984
Curt2.6%16,680
Hans2.5%15,677

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hunt is used

Across 1910–2025, Hunt was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,205,769 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hunt has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hunt by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,066
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,872
Best rank ever: #983; 1880
Peak year: 2011; 11 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 254
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Hunt

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hunner Huntlee Hung Huntley Fount Hunar Hunain Lamount Huntyr Huntter Zygmunt Huner Huntur Huntington Shaunt Mount Zigmunt Hunberto Count Hunter Sigmunt

Sibling names for Hunt

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Rhianna Adelle Alysa Annabell Sydnie Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Keven

Explore around Hunt

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