It doesn’t quite work that way. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) picks out random names years in advance. If a hurricane causes catastrophic damage, that name is retired and a new one is added (e.g. the name Katrina is retired). Otherwise, the same names are used on a 7-year rotating basis. Since there aren’t enough names that begin with the letters “Q”, “U,”, “X,”, “Y,” or “Z” to rotate every six years, they don't use names beginning with those letters.
If they run through all the names on the list in a given year, they will start naming storms after the Greek alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma, delta…).
Here’s a list of Atlantic hurricane names for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022 -
2020 - Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura Marco Nana Omar, Paulette,
Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, Wilfred
2021 - Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Elsa, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Julian, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda
2022 - Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Ian, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Martin, Nicole, Owen, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tobias, Virginie, Walter
At the end of 2020, all non-retired names from this year will make up the list for the 2026 hurricane season. Any retired letters will have a new name submitted.
Tropical cyclones, hurricanes/typhoons are not named after any particular person. The names selected are those that are familiar to the people in each region.
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