Jacinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-SIN-duh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Jacinda is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “hyacinth”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Jacinda mean?
Greek: variant of Jacinta, from Greek hyakinthos
“hyacinth”
Jacinta is the Spanish word for hyacinth, the flower of the Greek youth Hyacinthus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jacinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Jacinda, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Jacinda than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Jacinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,706 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,937 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,726 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,406 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,339 |
| 1997 | 139 | #1,267 |
| 1996 | 169 | #1,091 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 |
| 1993 | 105 | #1,501 |
| 1992 | 114 | #1,419 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,487 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,583 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 93 | #1,380 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,492 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,400 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 89 | #1,377 |
| 1978 | 84 | #1,386 |
| 1977 | 80 | #1,404 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | 90 | #1,194 |
| 1972 | 87 | #1,219 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,211 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 54 | #1,524 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
Names like Jacinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Selena, Samantha, Melissa, Melina, Tessa, Joanna, Alexandra, Cassandra, Bianca, Ariana, Jenna
Names related to Jacinda
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Jacinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacinda, updated 20 October 2026.