Fortino vs Fortunato
American parents have registered 910 Fortunatos since 1880, against 800 Fortinos. But in 2025 it was Fortino that was commoner, 7 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Fortino Fortunato
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Fortunato for 57 years and Fortino for 52 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1910–1974 Fortunato ahead, apart from 6 short spells
- 1979–2025 Fortino ahead, apart from one short spell
15 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Fortino | Fortunato | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 800 | 910 |
| Most in one year | 20 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 620 | 420 |
| Median age today | 32 | 50 |
| Peak year | 1994 | 1922 |
| Best rank | 3,326th boys | 1,545th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,714th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1920 | 1910 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 800 | 0 / 910 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Fortunatos alive today are over 50; half the Fortinos are over 32. That is 18 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Fortino and Fortunato.