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Baby name
Hunter
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5% girls / 95% boys
Origin of the name
Hunter was first an English occupational surname: a huntsman.
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Short-lived name
Where babies named Hunter are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Hunter is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Hunter is most common in Alaska (2.5 times), Nevada (2.1) and Wyoming (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Hunter are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Hunter is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Hunter is most common in Oklahoma (2.7 times), North Carolina (1.8) and South Carolina (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 5% | 95% |
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 1% | 99% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 1% | 99% |
| 1960s | 1% | 99% |
| 1970s | 4% | 96% |
| 1980s | 3% | 97% |
| 1990s | 8% | 92% |
| 2000s | 4% | 96% |
| 2010s | 4% | 96% |
| 2020s | 9% | 91% |