Revealed! Here's the 2026 List Hurricane Names

Posted by Heather DeLuca at Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM

Another year, another hurricane season where my name has gotten overlooked! Lol. There's no Hurricane Heather in the works for 2026, at least not one of the weather variety, lol.

I joke but the process of ascribing a moniker to a Tropical Storm/Hurricane system is one that is taken very seriously. According to nhc.org, since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now reportedly maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization.

So, how are names decided? The NHC uses six rotating lists of 21 alphabetical male/female names that alternate every year. One year, the alphabet begins with a male name, the next year the alphabet begins with a female name. 2026 will be a gentlemen first season. The list recycles every six years, according to NOAA's National Ocean Service. However, names of storms associated with deadly or costly storms reportedly get retired.

Below are the 22 2026 Tropical Storm names per National Hurricane Center: