For Atlantic hurricanes, there is actually one list for each six years. The only time there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity. Below is a list of retired hurricane names from 1952 - 2005:
| Agnes (1972), Alicia (1983), Allen (1980), Allison (2001), Andrew (1992), Anita (1977), Audrey (1957) |
| Betsy (1965), Beulah (1967), Bob (1991) |
| Camille (1969), Carla (1961), Carmen (1974), Carol (1954), Celia (1970), Cesar (1996), Charley (2004), Cleo (1964), Connie (1955) |
| David (1979), Dennis (2005), Diana (1990), Diane (1955), Donna (1960), Dora (1964) |
| Edna (1968), Elena (1985), Eloise (1975) |
| Fabian (2003), Fifi (1974), Flora (1963), Fran (1996), Frances (2004), Frederic (1979), Floyd (1999) |
| Gilbert (1988), Gloria (1985), Georges (1998) |
| Hattie (1961), Hazel (1954), Hilda (1964), Hortense (1996), Hugo (1989) |
| Inez (1966), Ione (1955), Iris (2001), Isadore (2002), Isabel (2003), Ivan (2004) |
| Janet (1955), Jeanne (2004), Joan (1988), Juan (2003) |
| Katrina (2005), Keith (2000), Klaus (1990) |
| Lenny (1999), Luis (1995) |
| Marilyn (1995), Michelle (2001), Mitch (1998) |
| Opal (1995) |
| Rita (2005), Roxanne (1995) |
| Stan (2005) |
| Wilma (2005) |
