Wilfred is the 21st name on the 2026 list of Atlantic hurricane names, and it hasn't been used yet in 2026. The season has reached Fay; Wilfred is used this year only if 15 more storms are named. Otherwise it next comes up in 2032. It is the only storm named Wilfred in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.
No. Wilfred is on the 2026 list of Atlantic names, and it is not among the 100 names NHC lists as retired from the Atlantic (Tropical Cyclone Naming History and Retired Names).
Wilfred can still be used in 2026: the season has handed out 6 names so far, and Wilfred is name 21. If the season ends first, Wilfred next comes up in 2032, when the 2026 list returns.
A name on the list is used only if the season gets that far. Wilfred is name 21 of 21, and 3 of the 46 Atlantic seasons from 1980 to 2025 got that far.
Wilfred formed in the Atlantic in September 2020 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1006 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Wilfred (2020): track and historyNames go in alphabetical order, one per storm, as each storm reaches tropical-storm strength (39 mph, 34 knots), so a storm’s place in its season decides its name.
In 2020, Wilfred was the 21st name used in the Atlantic season.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Wilfred in 2020, in the Atlantic. It formed on September 17, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. It was the 21st name used in that Atlantic season. It is the only storm named Wilfred in our archive, which covers every ocean since 1980.