List of retired Atlantic tropical cyclone names

This is a list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names that have been retired. Names normally get retired due to a large number of deaths and lots of damage.

Retired Names

				1954 Carol Edna Hazel	1955 Connie Diane Ione Janet	1956	1957 Audrey	1958	1959 Gracie*
1960 Donna	1961 Carla Hattie	1962	1963 Flora	1964 Cleo Dora Hilda	1965 Betsy	1966 Inez	1967 Beulah	1968	1969 Camille
1970 Celia	1971	1972 Agnes	1973	1974 Carmen Fifi	1975 Eloise	1976	1977 Anita	1978 Greta**	1979 David Frederic
1980 Allen	1981	1982	1983 Alicia	1984	1985 Elena Gloria	1986	1987	1988 Gilbert Joan	1989 Hugo
1990 Diana Klaus	1991 Bob	1992 Andrew	1993	1994	1995 Luis Marilyn Opal Roxanne	1996 Cesar Fran Hortense	1997	1998 Georges Mitch	1999 Floyd Lenny
2000 Keith	2001 Allison (TS) Iris Michelle	2002 Isidore Lili	2003 Fabian Isabel Juan	2004 Charley Frances Ivan Jeanne	2005 Dennis Katrina Rita Stan Wilma	2006	2007 Dean Felix Noel	2008 Gustav Ike Paloma	2009
2010 Igor Tomas	2011 Irene	2012 Sandy	2013 Ingrid	2014	2015 Erika (TS) Joaquin	2016 Matthew Otto	2017 Harvey Irma Maria Nate	2018 Florence Michael	2019 Dorian
2020 Laura Eta*** Iota***

Trivia

• The 2000s has the most retired names in a decade: 24
• The 1980s have the least retired names: 7
• 2005 has the most retired names in a year: 5
• 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2006, 2009, and 2014 all have no names retired.
• The deadliest retiree name is Mitch.
• The costliest retiree name is Katrina when adjusted for inflation. Without inflation, Katrina and Harvey would tie as costliest retirees.

* Gracie's status as retired is disputed.

** Although the NHC does not consider Greta retired, it is retired according to the WMO.

*** Although the WMO dropped the usage of the Greek letters as an auxiliary list after 2020, Eta and Iota are separately listed as retired names.