You don't have to provide info that doesn't exist. See this thread for another discussion of the issue.
TurboTax developers have worked on this situation in the program. You should be able to claim the adoption credit without being required to list a specific child's name and other information on the form in the case of a failed adoption attempt. This matches the IRS instructions saying that those fields can be left blank if you do not have the information.
There may still be a flag on the screen asking for missing information, but you can proceed with claiming the credit without entering the info being flagged. Click Continue a second time and the program will proceed.
From IRS Tax Topic 607:
A domestic adoption is the adoption of a U.S. child (an eligible child who is a citizen or resident of the U.S. or its territories before the adoption effort begins). Qualified adoption expenses paid before the year the adoption becomes final are allowable as a credit for the tax year following the year of payment (even if the adoption is never finalized and even if an eligible child was never identified).
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