Fortuna
Fortuna is a name with a single cultural origin: Roman Mythology.
- Roman Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Fortuna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fortuna is a name with a single cultural origin: Roman Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Roman Mythology
The Story of Fortuna
The earliest SSA record of Fortuna as a baby girl name dates back to 1915, when 6 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Fortuna — #2,879 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Fortuna on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Fortuna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1925, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fortuna
Fortuna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Fortuna's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,879. Use the chart and map above to compare Fortuna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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