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World War II

• Navy and Air Force meteorologists began naming tropical systems after girlfriends and wives as an easy method to keep track of multiple storms.

1953

• Names, originally of women only, were officially used by the US Weather Bureau. The female-only naming structure was likely a byproduct of Air Force and Navy personnel's often familial naming of the previous decade. The practice of publicly naming hurricanes has been credited with increasing hurricane awareness.