Fortunata — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fortunata

The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Fortunata between 1908 and 1978, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fortunata currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fortunata performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Fortunata shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Fortunata in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fortunata in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 253 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.