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.
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