How Many People Are Named Fortunato?
people named Fortunato are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 815,715 people in the US has this name
Based on 910 babies named Fortunato in Social Security records from 1910 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy". This was the name of several early saints and martyrs.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fortunato in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fortunato alive today is about 50 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fortunato first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1922, to 24 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Fortunato has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,068, in 1911.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,068 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,913 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fortunato alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fortunato were born in Texas than in any other state: about 36 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fortunato was given 9.4 times as often in Texas and 3.9 times in New York.
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