Hyacinth
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Hyacinth is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Hyacinth mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Hyacinth a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyacinth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyacinth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 271% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Hyacinth, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. It first appears in the records in 1894.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hyacinth of any year since it first appeared, in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Hyacinth in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyacinth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,528 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
Names like Hyacinth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hyacinth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyacinth, updated 20 October 2026.