This is the list of storm names used for the North Atlantic basin. These lists are rotated every six years. The current list being used is List IV, which is slated for use in the 2018 season.
| List IV (2018) | List V (2019) | List VI (2020) | List I (2021) | List II (2022) | List III (2023) |
| Alberto | Andrea | Arthur | Ana | Alex | Arlene |
| Beryl | Barry | Bertha | Bill | Bonnie | Bret |
| Chris | Chantal | Cristobal | Claudette | Colin | Cindy |
| Debby | Dorian | Dolly | Danny | Danielle | Don |
| Ernesto | Erin | Edouard | Elsa | Earl | Emily |
| Florence | Fernand | Fay | Fred | Fiona | Franklin |
| Gordon | Gabrielle | Gonzalo | Grace | Gaston | Gert |
| Helene | Humberto | Hanna | Henri | Hermine | Harold |
| Isaac | Imelda | Isaias | Ida | Ian | Idalia |
| Joyce | Jerry | Josephine | Julian | Julia | Jose |
| Kirk | Karen | Kyle | Kate | Karl | Katia |
| Leslie | Lorenzo | Laura | Larry | Lisa | Lee |
| Michael | Melissa | Marco | Mindy | Martin | Margot |
| Nadine | Nestor | Nana | Nicholas | Nicole | Nigel |
| Oscar | Olga | Omar | Odette | Owen | Ophelia |
| Patty | Pablo | Paulette | Peter | Paula | Philippe |
| Rafael | Rebekah | Rene | Rose | Richard | Rina |
| Sara | Sebastien | Sally | Sam | Shary | Sean |
| Tony | Tanya | Teddy | Teresa | Tobias | Tammy |
| Valerie | Van | Vicky | Victor | Virginie | Vince |
| William | Wendy | Wilfred | Wanda | Walter | Whitney |
List I
List I is a list that usually supplies the names for a below average to normal season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo. List I is made it as far down as the P named storm, which occurred in 2003, with the naming of Peter during that season. The strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Isabel in 2003, a category 5 hurricane with minimum pressure of 915 millibar (mbar). This list has seen a total of 70 total tropical storms, 33 total hurricanes, and 15 total major hurricanes; making this list slightly less active than other lists. The most inactive year with this list ties with 1991* and 1997**, with a total of only seven named storms. The most active year with this list was in 2003 with a total of sixteen storms. This list has seen a total of 9 retired names since 1979.
Current names
| Ana | Elsa | Ida | Mindy | Rose | Wanda |
| Bill | Fred | Julian | Nicholas | Sam | |
| Claudette | Grace | Kate | Odette | Teresa | |
| Danny | Henri | Larry | Peter | Victor |
Past names
- David (retired after 1979)
- Frederic (retired after 1979)
- Elena (retired after 1985)
- Gloria (retired after 1985)
- Bob (retired after 1991)
- Fabian (retired after 2003)
- Isabel (retired after 2003)
- Juan (retired after 2003)
- Erika (retired after 2015)
- Joaquin (retired after 2015)
*An unnamed hurricane in 1991 is excluded from the storm total.
** An unnamed subtropical storm in 1997 is excluded from the storm total.
List II
List II is a list that usually supplies the names for a normal to above average season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo and La NiĂąa. List II has made it as far down as the T named storm, which occurred in 2010, with the naming of Tomas during that season. The strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Allen in 1980, a category 5 hurricane with minimum pressure of 899 mbar. This list has seen a total of 87 total tropical storms, 55 total hurricanes, and 21 total major hurricanes; making this list one of the most active lists. The most inactive year with this list ties with 1986 and 1992*, with a total of only six storms. The most active year with this list was in 2010, with a total of nineteen storms. This list has seen a total of 12 retired names since 1980.
Current names
| Alex | Earl | Ian | Martin | Richard | Walter |
| Bonnie | Fiona | Julia | Nicole | Shary | |
| Colin | Gaston | Karl | Owen | Tobias | |
| Danielle | Hermine | Lisa | Paula | Virginie |
Past names
- Allen (retired after 1980)
- Andrew (retired after 1992)
- Georges (retired after 1998)
- Mitch (retired after 1998)
- Charley (retired after 2004)
- Frances (retired after 2004)
- Ivan (retired after 2004)
- Jeanne (retired after 2004)
- Igor (retired after 2010)
- Tomas (retired after 2010)
- Matthew (retired after 2016)
- Otto (retired after 2016)
*An unnamed subtropical storm from 1992 is excluded from the season total.
List III
List III is a list that usually supplies the names for a below normal to above average season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo and La NiĂąa. List III has made it as far down as the W named storm*, which occurred in 2005, with the naming of Wilma during that season. The strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Wilma in 2005, a category 5 hurricane with minimum pressure of 882 mbar, the strongest Atlantic cyclone on record. This list has seen a total of 87 total tropical storms, 44 total hurricanes, and 21 total major hurricanes; making this list the most active list out of all of all the other lists. The most inactive year with this list was in 1987**, with a total of only six storms. The most active year with this list was in 2005, with the maximum total of twenty-one storms*. This list has seen a total of 12 retired names since 1981.
Current names
| Arlene | Emily | Idalia | Margot | Rina | Whitney |
| Bret | Franklin | Jose | Nigel | Sean | |
| Cindy | Gert | Katia | Ophelia | Tammy | |
| Don | Harold | Lee | Philippe | Vince |
Past names
- Floyd (retired after 1999)
- Lenny (retired after 1999)
- Dennis (retired after 2005)
- Katrina (retired after 2005)
- Rita (retired after 2005)
- Stan (retired after 2005)
- Wilma (retired after 2005)
- Irene (retired after 2011)
- Harvey (retired after 2017)
- Irma (retired after 2017)
- Maria (retired after 2017)
- Nate (retired after 2017)
*An unnamed subtropical storm, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta of 2005 are all excluded from the season total.
**An unnamed tropical storm from 1987 is excluded from the season total.
List IV
List IV is a list that usually supplies the names for a below average to normal season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo. List IV has made it as far down as the T named storm, which occurred in 2012, with the naming of Tony during that season. The strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a category 5 hurricane with minimum pressure of 888 mbar. This list has seen a total of 69 total tropical storms, 33 total hurricanes, and 10 total major hurricanes; making this list the one of the least active lists out of the other lists. The most inactive year with this list was in 1982*, with a total of only five storms. The most active year with this list was in 2012, with the total of nineteen storms. This list has seen a total of 4 retired names since 1982.
Current Names
| Alberto | Ernesto | Isaac | Michael | Rafael | William |
| Beryl | Florence | Joyce | Nadine | Sara | |
| Chris | Gordon | Kirk | Oscar | Tony | |
| Debby | Helene | Leslie | Patty | Valerie |
Past names
- Gilbert (retired after 1988)
- Joan (retired after 1988)
- Keith (retired after 2000)
- Sandy (retired after 2012)
* An unnamed subtropical storm is excluded from the season total.
List V
List V is a list that usually supplies the names for a normal to above normal season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo and La NiĂąa. List V has made it as far down as the T named storm, which occurred in 1995, with the naming of Tanya during that season. The strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Dean in 2007, a category 5 hurricane with minimum pressure of 905 mbar. This list has seen a total of 77 total tropical storms, 38 total hurricanes, and 14 total major hurricanes; making this list the one of the more normal to active lists out of the other lists. The most inactive year with this list was in 1983, with a total of only four storms. The most active year with this list was in 1995, with the total of nineteen storms. This list has seen a total of 13 retired names since 1983 and has the most retired names out of the other lists.
Current Names
| Andrea | Erin | Imelda | Melissa | Rebekah | Wendy |
| Barry | Fernand | Jerry | Nestor | Sebastien | |
| Chantal | Gabrielle | Karen | Olga | Tanya | |
| Dorian | Humberto | Lorenzo | Pablo | Van |
Past names
- Alicia (retired after 1983)
- Hugo (retired after 1989)
- Luis (retired after 1995)
- Marilyn (retired after 1995)
- Opal (retired after 1995)
- Roxanne (retired after 1995)
- Allison (retired after 2001)
- Iris (retired after 2001)
- Michelle (retired after 2001)
- Dean (retired after 2007)
- Felix (retired after 2007)
- Noel (retired after 2007)
- Ingrid (retired after 2013)
List VI
List VI is a list that usually supplies the names for a normal to active season, due to being in line during El NiĂąo and La NiĂąa. List VI has made it as far down as the P named storm, which occurred in 2008, with the naming of Paloma during that season. This list has seen a total of 76 total tropical storms, 40 total hurricanes, and 17 total major hurricanes; making this list the one of the more active lists out of the other lists. Despite the seasons usually being active, it is also the only list to not have a category 5 hurricane as the strongest storm on the list was Hurricane Edouard in 1996, a category 4 hurricane with minimum pressure of 933 mbar. The most inactive year with this list was 2014 with a total of eight named storms. The most active year with this list was in 2008, with the total of sixteen storms. This list has seen a total of 10 retired names since 1984.
Current Names
| Arthur | Edouard | Isaias | Marco | Rene | Wilfred |
| Bertha | Fay | Josephine | Nana | Sally | |
| Cristobal | Gonzalo | Kyle | Omar | Teddy | |
| Dolly | Hanna | Laura | Paulette | Vicky |
Past names
- Diana (retired after 1990)
- Klaus (retired after 1990)
- Cesar (retired after 1996)
- Fran (retired after 1996)
- Hortense (retired after 1996)
- Isidore (retired after 2002)
- Lili (retired after 2002)
- Gustav (retired after 2008)
- Ike (retired after 2008)
- Paloma (retired after 2008)
Greek List
If a hurricane season becomes so active to the point where every assigned name on the list has been named, then the season will cycle to the backup list. The backup list contains every letter in the Greek alphabet, from Alpha to Omega. This backup list has only been used one time, which was during the 2005 hurricane season. The names Alpha, Beta, Gamma. Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta were used. This list contains 24 total names for use. This list has only seen a total of 6 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes, and 1 major hurricane since its first use in 2005. Names from this list cannot be retired as they are the official letters of the Greek alphabet. The WMO said that if a name is ever to be so devastating that it would be in line for retirement, that the name would still be used for future seasons due to the rarity of such an active season.
Names
| Alpha | Epsilon | Iota | Nu | Rho | Phi |
| Beta | Zeta | Kappa | Xi | Sigma | Chi |
| Gamma | Eta | Lambda | Omicron | Tau | Psi |
| Delta | Theta | Mu | Pi | Upsilon | Omega |