Hunt — #8294 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hunt

The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Hunt between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hunt currently holds the #8294 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hunt performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Hunt shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hunt in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hunt in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 247 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.