Fortunata

Girl · recorded 1908–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1918best year

Most popular in 1918.

Last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Fortunata.

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Its story

Popularity since 1908

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 26 recorded years as a table
Fortunata, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190815
190920
191020
191211
191316
191420
191513
191610
191715
191822
19198
192010
19216
19228
19237
192410
19257
19267
19278
19288
192910
193011
19326
19355
19404
19783

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fortunata isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1978
5
Rank in 1978
#9,750
How rare
1 in 306,371 girls
Since 1908
253

Fortunata was last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1918, at 22 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Fortunata doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.