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Fortune

#9,667 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Luck

Fortune has been given to 534 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #9,667 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% girls, 39% boys all-time.

Babies named Fortune, 2025

1 in 332,000

Fortune over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Fortune over time

In 2025, Fortune went to 53% girls and 47% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Fortune: meaning, origin, and history

Luck

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fortune means

Fortune means “luck”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 326 girls were recorded with the name Fortune between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,647 in 1922.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,331 in 2020 to #9,667 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,469 in 2015 to #9,667 in 2025.

In the United States, 208 boys were recorded with the name Fortune between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,295 in 1916.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,891 in 2020 to #8,467 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,660 in 2015 to #8,467 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Fortune?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,667
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Fortune sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fortune. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fortunes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fortune was born before 2010 — so the typical Fortune is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
27.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
315
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Choose a decade

2010s — 27.9% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Fortune rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,049
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,336
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,802
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.43×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2017 (15)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,647
1922

Where Fortune is used

Across 1910–2025, Fortune was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 320,677 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Fortune has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fortune around the world

Where Fortune ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • France
    1902–2018
    #6,771
    in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Fortune by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,667
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,336
Best rank ever
#4,647
1922
Peak year
2017
15 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
326
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,467
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,424
Best rank ever
#3,295
1916
Peak year
2021
14 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
208
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Fortune

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Fortune

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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