2025 Hurricane Names


Hurricane names for the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific Oceans

Hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical cyclones in other parts of the world are identified by names. The North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific oceans both use a six year rotating list of hurricane names.

If a hurricane is severe, that hurricane name is retired and a new one is chosen to replace it. Retiring a hurricane name is subjective. The loss of life and the amount of damage are the two primary considerations for retiring a hurricane name. A tropical cyclone still can be very powerful, but if it is at sea and causes little or no problems, that name will not be retired. Hurricane names Beryl, Helene, and Milton were retired in 2024. If any hurricane name is retired from the 2025 eastern North Pacific or North Atlantic hurricane season, the list of hurricane names for 2031 will be adjusted.

A supplemental list of hurricane names will be used if the current list is exhausted. It was decided by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that the greek alphabet would no longer be used if a seasonal list was finished. A number of reasons for the change was given with focus on the names and explaining their use as opposed to focusing on the impacts of the tropical cyclone.

In the central North Pacific ocean, four lists of hurricane names are used. Hurricane names are used in sequence from year to year, picking up where it was stopped the previous hurricane season.

Hurricanes that form in the eastern North Pacific and cross into the Central Pacific will keep their same name. Only tropical cyclones that form in the Central Pacific will be given Central Pacific names. Tropical cyclones that move from the western Caribbean Sea and move into the eastern North Pacific ocean, they will also keep the same name if the circulation remains intact. On rare cases the opposite has been true where a tropical cyclone has moved from the eastern North Pacific into the western Caribbean.

When a tropical cyclone moves from one ocean basin to another a new name is given if the circulation dissipates over land. In 1988 Hurricane Joan moved from the Caribbean into Central America and caused widespread destruction. It dissipated into remnants and reformed in the Pacific as Hurricane Miriam. Conversely, Hurricane Barbara during 2013 formed in the eastern North Pacific and made landfall in southern Mexico. The circulation center dissipated over land, but the remnants reformed into Tropical Storm Andrea in the Gulf of Mexico (America).




2025 North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Names

  • Andrea
  • Barry
  • Chantal
  • Dexter
  • Erin
  • Fernand
  • Gabrielle
  • Humberto
  • Imelda
  • Jerry
  • Karen
  • Lorenzo
  • Melissa
  • Nestor
  • Olga
  • Pablo
  • Rebekah
  • Sebastien
  • Tanya
  • Van
  • Wendy

2025 Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names

  • Alvin
  • Barbara
  • Cosme
  • Dalila
  • Erick
  • Flossie
  • Gil
  • Henriette
  • Ivo
  • Juliette
  • Kiko
  • Lorena
  • Mario
  • Narda
  • Octave
  • Priscilla
  • Raymond
  • Sonia
  • Tico
  • Velma
  • Wallis
  • Xina
  • York
  • Zelda