Arthur - Bertha - Cristobal - Dolly - Edouard - Fay - Gustav - Hanna - Ike - Josephine - Kyle - Laura - Marco - Nana Omar - Paloma - Rene - Sally - Teddy - Vicky - Wilfred

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Therefore, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010.

Hurricanes that have a severe impact on lives or the economy are remembered generations after the devastation they caused, and some go into weather history.

Whenever a hurricane has had a major impact, any country affected by the storm can request that the name of the hurricane be "retired" by agreement of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retiring a name actually means that it cannot be reused for at least 10 years, to facilitate historic references, legal actions, insurance claim activities, etc. and avoid public confusion with another storm of the same name. If that happens, a like gender name is selected in English, Spanish or French for Atlantic Storms.