How Many People Are Named Jacinta?

3,184

people named Jacinta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 107,344 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,546 babies named Jacinta in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,973

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,800

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Peak Year

1982

104 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronunciation: kha-THEEN-ta (European Spanish), kha-SEEN-ta (Latin American Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of HYACINTHUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

JacinthaHyacinthJacindaJacinthJacintheHyacinthaGiacintaHyacinthusHyakinthosHyacintheGiacintoJacekJacentyJacinto

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Jacinta in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jacinta alive today is about 39 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 51 in 2025.

Under 30 906
28.5%
30 to 59 1,882
59.1%
60 and over 396
12.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jacinta first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1982, to 104 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jacinta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,252, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,396.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,396
Best rank#1,252 (1982)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,548 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jacinta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jacinta were born in California than in any other state: about 151 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jacinta was given 4.7 times as often in Georgia, 2.1 times in Illinois and 2 times in Texas.

California 151
Georgia 89
Illinois 78
New York 61
Texas 40
Louisiana 37
North Carolina 30
Michigan 28
Pennsylvania 27
Florida 23
Alabama 23
Ohio 20
Minnesota 20
Virginia 6
New Jersey 5
Missouri 5
Kentucky 5
Indiana 5

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