The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1st and goes until November 30th of each year. In this article we provide the full list of this year’s Atlantic hurricane names as well as ones from recent years. These are the names that are used for the named storms during the 2026 hurricane season.
If you are new to hurricane season, you can learn about it in our Hurricane Season in Florida guide. And if you want to see names from recent seasons, you can view the lists of previous years’ Atlantic hurricane names.
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Hurricane Names for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The names that will be used for the 2026 season are the following:
- Arthur
- Bertha
- Cristobal
- Dolly
- Edouard
- Fay
- Gonzalo
- Hanna
- Isaias
- Josephine
- Kyle
- Leah
- Marco
- Nana
- Omar
- Paulette
- Rene
- Sally
- Teddy
- Vicky
- Wilfred
How the Hurricane Naming System Works (How Names are Chosen)
Hurricane names are maintained and chosen by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a total of six lists of names, and these are rotated. So one list is used every 6 years. The only time this protocol changes is if a name is retired. For example, the names Ian and Fiona were retired after the 2022 hurricane season.
Previous Years’ Hurricane Names
The names that were used for the 2025 season were:
- Andrea
- Barry
- Chantal
- Dexter
- Erin
- Fernand
- Gabrielle
- Humberto
- Imelda
- Jerry
- Karen
- Lorenzo
- Melissa
- Nestor
- Olga
- Pablo
- Rebekah
- Sebastien
- Tanya
- Van
- Wendy
The names that were used for the 2024 season were:
- Tropical Storm Alberto – Tropical storm, June 2024, affected Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana
- Hurricane Beryl – Category 5 hurricane, June – July 2024, affected Grenada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Texas,
- Tropical Storm Chris – Tropical storm, June – July 2024, affected Mexico
- Hurricane Debby – Category 1 hurricane, August 2024, affected Steinhatchee, Florida, South Carolina, as well intense rainfall effects in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and more.
- Hurricane Ernesto – Category 2 hurricane, August 2024, affected Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda,
- Hurricane Francine – Category 2 hurricane, September 2024, affected Louisiana
- Tropical Storm Gordon – Tropical storm, September 2024
- Hurricane Helene – Category 4 hurricane, September 2024, affected Florida, caused severe flooding in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina
- Hurricane Isaac – Category 2 hurricane, September 2024
- Tropical Storm Joyce – Tropical storm, September 2024
- Hurricane Kirk – Category 4 hurricane, September – October 2024
- Hurricane Leslie – Category 2 hurricane, October 2024
- Hurricane Milton – Category 5 hurricane (landfall as category 3), October 2024, affected Southwest Florida (Sarasota, Venice, Tampa, etc.), and tornado damage throughout Florida
- Tropical Storm Nadine – Tropical storm, October 2024
- Hurricane Oscar – Category 1 hurricane, October 2024, affected Cuba
- Tropical Storm Patty – Tropical storm, November 2024
- Hurricane Rafael – Category 3 hurricane, November 2024
- Tropical Storm Sara – Tropical storm, November 2024
The names that were used for the 2023 season were:
- Unnamed – Subtropical storm, January 2023
- Arlene – Tropical storm, June 2023
- Bret – Tropical storm, June 2023
- Cindy – Tropical storm, June 2023
- Don – Category 1 hurricane, July 2023
- Emily – Tropical storm, August 2023
- Franklin – Category 4 hurricane, August 2023
- Gert -Tropical storm, August-September 2023
- Harold – Tropical storm, August 2023
- Idalia – Category 4 hurricane (category 3 upon hitting land) August, 2023
- Jose – Tropical storm, August-September 2023
- Katia – Tropical storm, September 2023
- Lee – Category 5 hurricane, September 2023
- Margot – Category 1 hurricane, September 2023
- Nigel – Category 2 hurricane, September 2023
- Ophelia – Tropical storm, September 2023
- Philippe – Tropical storm, September – October 2023
- Rina – Tropical storm, September – October 2023
- Sean – Tropical storm, October 2023
- Tammy – Category 2, October 2023
- Vince
- Whitney
None of the 2023 hurricane names were retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The names that were used for the 2022 season were:
- Alex
- Bonnie
- Colin
- Danielle
- Earl
- Fiona
- Gaston
- Hermine
- Ian
- Julia
- Karl
- Lisa
- Martin
- Nicole
- Owen
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tobias
- Virginie
- Walter
Two 2022 names, “IAN” and “FIONA”, have both been retired by the WMO.
FAQ
Hurricane names are maintained and chosen by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a total of six lists of names, and these lists are rotated. This means one list is used every 6 years. The only time a name is not used again (in the next rotation) is if it is retired. In that case, that removed name is replaced with another name.
A hurricane name may be retired by the WMO if the storm with that name was especially bad and caused a high number of casualties or extraordinary level of damage.
The names that will be used for the 2026 season are the following:
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gonzalo
Hanna
Isaias
Josephine
Kyle
Leah
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paulette
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Hurricane season starts on June 1st of each year and ends on November 30th of each year.
