Hunter

Where Hunter comes from

From hunter.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hunter
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1937
    Hunter S. Thompson born
    American journalist and author
  3. 1998
    Hunter Schafer born
    American actress, model, and LGBTQ activist
  4. 2000
    Peak, #35
    12,538 babies named Hunter — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #56.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Hunter S. Thompson · American journalist and author, 1937–2005
  • Hunter Schafer · American actress, model, and LGBTQ activist, born 1998
  • Hunter Biden · American businessman and lobbyist, born 1970
  • Hunter Parrish · American actor, born 1987
  • Hunter Doohan · American actor, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.