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Fortune

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Fortune was most popular in 2021, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,168 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 534 people named Fortune.

Most popular in2021
Rank that year#8,168
Births that year28
Total since 1880534
Given to61% girls

Fortune over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Fortune’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Fortune a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Fortune is a unisex name — 61.1% of the 534 Americans given it were girls and 38.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 59% girls and 41% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org