The first hurricane to receive a male name was Andres in the Pacific in 1979. The first Atlantic hurricane to receive a male name was Bob later that same year.
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The first hurricane given a male name was Hurricane Bob in the Atlantic basin in July 1979.
The name given to the 13th hurricane of 2012 would be "Nadine" as per the Atlantic hurricane name list.
The first retired hurricane name was Hurricane Carol in 1954.
No. No hurricane has gone by that name. Tornadoes are not given names.
Hurricanes in tropical storms are given names from a preselected alphabetical list. Every time a new system becomes a tropical storm it is given the next name on the list. The hurricane we now call Irma was the ninth storm of 2017 to become a hurricane, so it was given the ninth name of the list: Irma. Names are re-used on a six year rotation unless a storm is particularly bad, in which case the name is retired from reuse. Irma was used for the first time in 2017 after the name Irene was retired following the 2011 hurricane season.
Hurricane names are retired by the World Meteorological Organization when a storm is particularly deadly or costly. The first retired Atlantic hurricane name was Carol, which occurred in 1954.