Will a Hurricane Bear Your Name in 2025? Check the Atlantic Storm List

The
2025 Atlantic hurricane season
started this month; thankfully, it was off to a quiet start.

According to the National Hurricane Center, no tropical activity is expected in the northern Atlantic, Gulf or Caribbean over the next seven days. However, meteorologists are watching a tropical wave in the Caribbean and

two other tropical waves in the Atlantic.

Will there be a Tropical Storm Andrea or Hurricane Karen this season?

The

World Meteorological Organization
creates
a list of storm names
well in advance of the hurricane season. USA TO

DAY reports that tropical storms get a name when their sustained winds reach 39 mph; they become hurricanes when their winds reach 74 mph.

What are the hurricane names for 2025?

Here are the
names for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
, along with how to pronounce them:

Andrea: AN-dree uh
Barry: BAIR-ree
Chantal: shahn-TAHL
Dexter: DEHK-ster
Erin: AIR-rin
Fernand: fair-NAHN
Gabrielle: ga-bree-ELL
Humberto: oom-BAIR-toh
Imelda: ee-MEHL-dah
Jerry: JEHR-ee
Karen: KAIR-ren
Lorenzo: loh-REN-zoh
Melissa: meh-LIH-suh
Nestor: NES-tor
Olga: OAL-guh
Pablo: PAHB-lo
Rebekah: reh-BEH-kuh
Sebastien: se-BAS-tee-en
Tanya: TAHN-yuh
Van: van
Wendy: WEN-dee

There are no Q, U, X, Y, or Z names because of the lack of names that begin with those letters.

What if we run out of storm names in 2025?

If all 21 names on the list for that year are used, names from a supplemental list are used.

The
supplemental list,
also approved by the WMO, replaced the use of names using the Greek alphabet in 2021. Forecasters have used the Greek alphabet twice, in 2005 and 2020.

In 2005, six names from the Greek alphabet were used. In 2020, with its record 30 named storms, nine names from the Greek alphabet were used.

For Atlantic storms, the supplemental list of names is as follows:

Adria
Braylen
Caridad
Deshawn
Emery
Foster
Gemma
Heath
Isla
Jacobus
Kenzie
Lucio
Makayla
Nolan
Orlanda
Pax
Ronin
Sophie
Tayshaun
Viviana
Will

2025 Atlantic hurricane season predictions: How bad will 2025 be?

All predictions released between March and May forecasted that the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season would see an above-average number of storms.

The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
predicts that 13 to 19 named storms will occur. Six to 10 are forecast to become hurricanes, including three to five major hurricanes.

In their initial forecast released in early April, experts from
Colorado State University
said

an active Atlantic hurricane season is likely. They predicted as many as 17 storms and said nine will become hurricanes, including four major hurricanes.

AccuWeather
predicted the Atlantic hurricane season could bring 13 to 18 named storms, with 7 to 10 hurricanes. They also expect 3 to 5 major hurricanes.

Finally, Dr. Ryan Truchelut, chief meteorologist with WeatherTiger, predicted the 2025 season will see:

16 – 21 tropical storms
7 – 9 hurricanes
3 – 4 major hurricanes

How bad was the 2024 hurricane season?

The
2024 Atlantic hurricane season
was above average. Five hurricanes and one unnamed subtropical storm made landfall in the U.S. in 2024, three of which made landfall in Florida.