Boys' name · since 1920
Fortino
Fortino has 800 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,905 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,809 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 800
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
Fortino currently ranks #9809 among boys' names in America, with 800 babies recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fortino has been recorded 800 times among boys since 1920, currently ranked #9809 nationally and more common than 30% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #5,905 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,809 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 800 born since 1920
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fortino ranks #5,905 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,809 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 800 born since 1920, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,905 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,809 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 800
- born since 1920
- 1990s
- peak decade
Fortino's 800 recorded births place it above 87.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Fortino compares
800 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fortino's all-time total is 117% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fortino | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 800 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Fortino's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Fortino's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Fortino popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Fortino by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (149 births, 19% of the file).
1990s was Fortino's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Fortino births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
67 births
- 1930s 58
1930s
58 births
- 1940s 40
1940s
40 births
- 1950s 53
1950s
53 births
- 1960s 54
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
149 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 149 births (19% of all-time use).
How Fortino compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Fortino's total volume
Fortino by state
Where Fortino concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 129 | 16.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 108 | 13.5% |
129 of 800 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Fortino's data
- Fortino's decade-level peak was the 1990s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Fortinos (129 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fortino: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fortino draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.