2025 Tropical Cyclone Name Retirements (Including but not limited to the Atlantic Basin)

[HurricaneRyan]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

[Category5Kaiju]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

98L (possible "M" name): "Hold your horses!"

[zhukm29]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

98L (possible "M" name): "Hold your horses!"

Never a good idea to doubt list 5 - it got a name retired in 2013 for goodness sake! If Melissa does get retired, that would be the 8th "M" name to be retired, which is more than "G" (5), "H" (7), and "J" (5), letters typically associated with peak season. Just for reference, the adjacent letters "L" only has 4 retirees and "N" only has 2. The last season with neither the "I" nor "M" storm making a significant impact was actually a decade ago in 2015.

[MadaTheConquistador]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

98L (possible "M" name): "Hold your horses!"

Never a good idea to doubt list 5 - it got a name retired in 2013 for goodness sake! If Melissa does get retired, that would be the 8th "M" name to be retired, which is more than "G" (5), "H" (7), and "J" (5), letters typically associated with peak season. Just for reference, the adjacent letters "L" only has 4 retirees and "N" only has 2. The last season with neither the "I" nor "M" storm making a significant impact was actually a decade ago in 2015.

Also, if retired, Melissa will also be the second third gen name after Ian to get retired. It appears that some of the models are REALLY going guns blazing with future Melissa and even have her being a C5 monster. If this happens, I believe it'll be only the second time in history we have at least 3 C5s in one season.

[HurricaneRyan]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

Growing possibility suddenly looking less possible

Michelle's daughter and Marilyn's granddaughter wanting to be her own woman clearly, potentially

[MadaTheConquistador]

Some of the models show Melissa being a monstrous C5 and it looks like some even have her pressure being below 900mb (though it's absolutely not guaranteed, as this has been one of the most difficult storms to forecast in recent memory), and to a further extent, lower than Milton's. While it's not likely at the moment, Florida impacts are also not out of the question if she continues going west. If the impacts happen to be very severe in places like Jamaica and Cuba, I think Melissa will be almost assured retirement, and if retired, some replacement ideas I have are Monique, Megan, Mabel, Monica, Mallory, Maisie, Madison, and Miranda.

Also, if it wasn't for Subtropical Storm Karen, which didn't even last a day, this system would be named Lorenzo instead. I wonder if Mother Nature was like "We already had a C5 storm named Lorenzo last time, so instead I'm gonna name the disturbance entering the very hot waters of the Caribbean Melissa", continuing this supposed "M" curse.

[CrazyC83]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

Growing possibility suddenly looking less possible

Michelle's daughter and Marilyn's granddaughter wanting to be her own woman clearly, potentially

Say hello to Molly, or Meredith, or Marcia, or Mallory, or something...

[HurricaneRyan]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

Growing possibility suddenly looking less possible

Michelle's daughter and Marilyn's granddaughter wanting to be her own woman clearly, potentially

Say hello to Molly, or Meredith, or Marcia, or Mallory, or something...

That's the one good thing about the "M" curse is that there are a LOT more common M names than I names.

[Torino]

Melissa might become the 100th retired name in the Atlantic.

[zhukm29]

There is a growing possibility of not seeing any retired names this year.

This would be a first for List 5, which has retired names on each use, including both 1983 and 2013.

Growing possibility suddenly looking less possible

Michelle's daughter and Marilyn's granddaughter wanting to be her own woman clearly, potentially

This comment made me realize the progression of retirements for this position of this list: Marilyn was retired as a Cat 3, Michelle was retired as a Cat 4, and the models seem to indicate that Melissa has a chance to retire as a Cat 5... each generation making sure they end up stronger than their predecessor! I fear how Melissa's replacement will be retired (or it just wraps around and it gets retired as a TS)

[zhukm29]

Growing possibility suddenly looking less possible

Michelle's daughter and Marilyn's granddaughter wanting to be her own woman clearly, potentially

Say hello to Molly, or Meredith, or Marcia, or Mallory, or something...

That's the one good thing about the "M" curse is that there are a LOT more common M names than I names.

Second most common first initial for names as a matter of fact! Funnily enough, the letter "J" is the most frequent first letter for names, so if the people who added "J" to the alphabet (the most recent addition by the way, as a fun fact) added it before "I" instead of after it, finding reasonable retirements would be so much easier (looking at you, Isaias )