Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. Here are the 2025 hurricane names and how to say each one:

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)

Image: (NOAA NWS)

The list of names are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years. For example, this years names will also be used in 2031, unless some of them become retired due to a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name for a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. 

If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it. Several names have been retired since the lists were created. 

Last year, three names were retired due to amount of damage and lives lost. These were Beryl, Helene, & Milton.