The name Rose has been used for twelve tropical cyclones worldwide, including once in the Atlantic, ten in the northwest Pacific Ocean and once in the southwest Indian Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
In the northwest Pacific:
In the southwest Indian:
The name Gilda has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the western Pacific Ocean, and one in the southwest Indian Ocean.
The name Gloria has been used for eighteen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Australian region, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and twelve in the Western Pacific Ocean. It has also been applied to one extratropical European windstorm.
The name Kim has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
The name Ivy has been used for a total of sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: eleven in the Western Pacific Ocean, two in the Southwest Indian Ocean and three in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean.
The name Olive has been used for a total of eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, and one in the Southwest Indian Ocean.
During 2005, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 141 systems formed with 94 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre. The strongest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Wilma, which was estimated to have a minimum barometric pressure of 882 hPa (26.05 inHg). 2005 was above-average in terms of the number of storms. The most active basin in the year was the North Atlantic, which documented 28 named systems. The Western Pacific had an near-average season with 23 named storms. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season experienced an above-average number of tropical storm intensity systems, numbering 15. Activity across the southern hemisphere's three basins – South-West Indian, Australian, and South Pacific – was fairly significant, with the regions recording 23 named storms altogether, with the most intense Southern Hemisphere cyclone of the year, Cyclone Percy from the South Pacific Ocean basin peaking at 145 mph (235 km/h) and 900 millibars. Throughout the year, 28 Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including eight Category 5 tropical cyclones in the year.
The name Amy or Ami has been used for sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, one in the South Pacific Ocean, and eleven in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The name Polly has been used for thirteen Tropical cyclones worldwide, eleven in the Western North Pacific Ocean and two in the Australian region in the Southern Hemisphere.