The World Meteorological Organization assigns names to hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms. From 1954 to the present, 53 Atlantic hurricanes and one tropical storm have been "retired." These storms were so intense, damaging, or deadly that their name will never be used again for a new storm. These storms are listed below in order by year. An alphabetical list follows below it.
| Retired Names by year: |
| Name & Year | Location | Pressure & Category |
| Igor (2010) | Newfoundland |
924 mb, Category 4 |
| Tomas (2010) | Windward Passage |
982 mb, Category 2 |
| Paloma (2008) | Cuba |
935 mb, Category 4 |
| Ike (2008) | Texas |
941 mb, Category 4 |
| Gustav (2008) | Louisiana |
944 mb, Category 4 |
| Noel (2007) | Cuba |
929 mb, TS |
| Felix (2007) | Nicaragua |
905 mb, Category 5 |
| Dean (2007) | Mexico |
929 mb, Category 5 |
| Wilma (2005) | Florida (final landfall) |
980 mb, Category 5 |
| Stan (2005) | Punta Roca | 882 mb, TS |
| Rita (2005) | Texas | 895 mb, Category 5 |
| Katrina (2005) | Louisiana | 902 mb, Category 5 |
| Dennis (2005) | Florida | 930 mb, Category 4 |
| Jeanne (2004) | North Carolina | 977 mb, Category 3 |
| Ivan (2004) | Alabama and Louisiana | 910 mb, Category 5 |
| Francis (2004) | Florida | 935 mb, Category 4 |
| Charley (2004) | Florida | 941 mb, Category 4 |
| Juan (2003) | Halifax | 950 mb, Category 2 |
| Isabel (2003) | Louisiana | 915 mb, Category 5 |
| Fabian (2003) | Texas | 939 mb, Category 4 |
| Lili (2002) | Texas | 940 mb, Category 4 |
| Isidore (2002) | Texas | 934 mb, Category 3 |
| Allison (2001) | Texas | 1002 mb, TS |
| Iris (2001) | Belize | 950 mb, Category 4 |
| Michelle (2001) | Cuba | 933 mb, Category 4 |
| Keith (2000) | Mexico | 942 mb, Category 4 |
| Floyd (1999) | North Carolina | 921 mb, Category 4 |
| Lenny (1999) | Carribbean Is. | 933 mb, Category 4 |
| Georges (1998) | Antilles | 937 mb, Category 5 |
| Mitch (1998) | Central America | 905 mb, Category 5 |
| Cesar (1996) | Central America | 990 mb, Category 1 |
| Fran (1996) | Carolinas | 946 mb, Category 3 |
| Hortense (1996) | Puerto Rico | 935 mb, Category 4 |
| Luis (1995) | Atlantic | 935 mb, Category 4 |
| Marilyn (1995) | Puerto Rico | 950 mb, Category 3 |
| Opal (1995) | Florida and Alabama | 919 mb, Category 4 |
| Roxanne (1995) | Yucatan | 958 mb, Category 3 |
| Andrew (1992*) | Bahamas/Florida/Louisiana | 922 mb, Category 5 |
| Bob (1991*) | North Carolina and Northeast U.S. | 950 mb, Category 3 |
| Diana (1990) | Mexico | 980 mb, Category 2 |
| Klaus (1990) | Martinique | 985 mb, Category 1 |
| Hugo (1989*) | Antilles/Carolinas | 918 mb, Category 5 |
| Gilbert (1988) | Lesser Antilles/Mexico | 888 mb, Category 5 |
| Joan (1988) | Curacao | 932 mb, Category 4 |
| Elena (1985*) | Mississippi | 953 mb, Category 3 |
| Gloria (1985*) | North Carolina | 920 mb, Category 4 |
| Alicia (1983*) | North Texas | 963 mb, Category 3 |
| Allen (1980*) | Antilles | 899 mb, Category 5 |
| David (1979) | Lesser Antilles | 924 mb, Category 5 |
| Frederic (1979*) | Alabama and Mississippi | 943 mb, Category 4 |
| Anita (1977) | Mexico | 926 mb, Category 5 |
| Eloise (1975*) | Antilles | 955 mb, Category 3 |
| Carmen (1974) | Mexico | 928 mb, Category 4 |
| Fifi (1974) | Belize | 971 mb, Category 2 |
| Agnes (1972§*) | Florida | 977 mb, Category 1 |
| Celia (1970*) | South Texas | 945 mb, Category 3 |
| Camille (1969§*) | Louisiana | 905 mb, Category 5 |
| Edna (1968) | Atlantic | 1005 mb, TS |
| Beulah (1967*) | Antilles | 923 mb, Category 5 |
| Inez (1966) | Lesser Antilles | 929 mb, Category 4 |
| Betsy (1965§*) | Bahamas | 941 mb, Category 5 |
| Cleo (1964*) | Lesser Antilles | 950 mb, Category 5 |
| Dora (1964*) | Northeast Florida | 942 mb, Category 4 |
| Hilda (1964§*) | Louisiana | 941 mb, Category 4 |
| Flora (1963) | Haiti | 940 mb, Category 4 |
| Carla (1961§*) | Texas | 931 mb, Category 5 |
| Hattie (1961) | Belize | 920 mb, Category 5 |
| Donna (1960§*) | Bahamas | 932 mb, Category 5 |
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| Gracie (1959) | South Carolina | 950 mb, Category 4 |
| Audrey (1957§*) | Louisiana | 946 mb, Category 4 |
| Connie (1955§) | North Carolina | 936 mb, Category 4 |
| Diane (1955§*) | Mid-Atlantic & Northeast U.S. | 969 mb, Category 3 |
| Ione (1955*) | North Carolina | 938 mb, Category 3 |
| Janet (1955) | Lesser Antilles | 914 mb, Category 5 |
| Carol (1954§*note) | Northeast U.S. | 976 mb, Category 2 |
| Hazel (1954§*) | Antilles | 937 mb, Category 4 |
Retired Names in alphabetical order:
Agnes (1972): Florida, 977 mb, Category 1
Alicia (1983): North Texas, 963 mb, Category 3
Allen (1980): Antilles, 899 mb, Category 5
Allison (2001): Texas, 1002 mb, TS
Andrew (1992): Bahamas/Florida/Louisiana, 922 mb, Category 5
Anita (1977): Mexico, 926 mb, Category 5
Audrey (1957): Louisiana, 946 mb, Category 4
Betsy (1965): Bahamas, 941 mb, Category 5
Beulah (1967): Antilles, 923 mb, Category 5
Bob (1991): North Carolina & Northeast U.S., 950 mb, Category 3
Camille (1969): Louisiana, 905 mb, Category 5
Carla (1961): Texas, 931 mb, Category 5
Carmen (1974): Mexico, 928 mb, Category 4
Carol (1954): Northeast U.S., 976 mb, Category 2
Celia (1970): South Texas, 945 mb, Category 3
Cesar (1996): Central America, 990 mb, Category 1
Charley (2004): Cayo Coasta, Florida, 941 mb, Category 4
Cleo (1964): Lesser Antilles, 950 mb, Category 5
Connie (1955): North Carolina, 936 mb, Category 4
David (1979): Lesser Antilles, 924 mb, Category 5
Dean (2007): Tuxpan, Mexico, 918 mb, Category 5
Dennis (2005): Santa Rosa Island, Florida, 930 mb, Category 4
Diana (1990): Mexico, 980 mb, Category 2
Diane (1955): Mid-Atlantic & Northeast U.S., 969 mb, Category 3
Donna (1960): Bahamas, 932 mb, Category 5
Dora (1964): Northeast Florida, 942 mb, Category 4
Edna (1968): Atlantic, 1005 mb, TS
Elena (1985): Mississippi, 953 mb, Category 3
Eloise (1975): Antilles, 955 mb, Category 3
Fabian (2003): Bermuda, 939 mb, Category 4
Felix (2007): Punta Gorda, Florida, 929 mb, Category 5
Fifi (1974): Belize, 971 mb, Category 2
Flora (1963): Haiti, 940 mb, Category 4
Floyd (1999): North Carolina, 921 mb, Category 4
Fran (1996): Carolinas, 946 mb, Category 3
Francis (2004): Hutchinson Island, Florida, 935 mb, Category 4
Frederic (1979): Alabama and Mississippi, 943 mb, Category 4
Georges (1998): Antilles, 937 mb, Category 5
Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles/Mexico, 888 mb, Category 5
Gloria (1985): North Carolina, 920 mb, Category 4
Gracie (1959): South Carolina, 950 mb, Category 4
Gustav (2008): Cocodrie, Louisiana, 941 mb, Category 4
Hattie (1961): Belize, 920 mb, Category 5
Hazel (1954): Antilles, 937 mb, Category 4
Hilda (1964): Louisiana, 941 mb, Category 4
Hortense (1996): Puerto Rico, 935 mb, Category 4
Hugo (1989): Antilles/Carolinas, 918 mb, Category 5
Igor (2010): Cape Rave, Newfoundland, 925 mb, Category 4
Ike (2008): Galveston, Texas, 935 mb, Category 4
Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, 929 mb, Category 4
Ione (1955): North Carolina, 938 mb, Category 3
Iris (2001): Belize, 950 mb, Category 4
Isabel (2003): Cape Lookout, North Carolina, 920 mb, Category 5
Isidore (2002): Crand Isla, Louisiana, 934 mb, Category 3
Ivan (2004): Alabama and Louisiana, 910 mb, Category 5
Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, 914 mb, Category 5
Jeanne (2004): Hutchinson Island, Florida, 950 mb, Category 3
Joan (1988): Curacao, 932 mb, Category 4
Juan (2003): Near Halifax, 970 mb, Category 2
Katrina (2005): Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, 902 mb, Category 5
Keith (2000): Mexico, 942 mb, Category 4
Klaus (1990): Martinique, 985 mb, Category 1
Lenny (1999): Carribbean Is., 933 mb, Category 4
Lili (2002): Intercoastal City, Louisiana, 938 mb, Category 4
Luis (1995): Atlantic, 935 mb, Category 4
Marilyn (1995): Puerto Rico, 950 mb, Category 3
Michelle (2001): Cuba, 933 mb, Category 4
Mitch (1998): Central America, 905 mb, Category 5
Noel (2007): Guardalavaca, Cuba, 980 mb, Category 1
Opal (1995): Florida and Alabama, 919 mb, Category 4
Paloma (2008): Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba, 943 mb, Category 4
Rita (2005): Sabine Pass, Texas, 897 mb, Category 5
Roxanne (1995): Yucatan, 958 mb, Category 3
Stan (2005): Punta Roca, 979 mb, Category 1
Tomas (2010): Windward Passage, 982 mb, Category 2
Wilma (2005): Cape Romano, Florida, 882 mb, Category 5
