Jacinta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hah-SEEN-tah
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Jacinta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “hyacinth flower”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Jacinta mean?
Greek: Spanish and Portuguese form of Hyacinth
“hyacinth flower”
Jacinta Marto was one of the three child visionaries of Fatima in Portugal and was canonised in 2017.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jacinta a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacinta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacinta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jacinta, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jacinta in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jacinta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Jacinta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Jacinta, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Jacinta in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacinta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,905 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 86 | #1,368 |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,512 |
| 1982 | 104 | #1,251 |
| 1981 | 99 | #1,285 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 92 | #1,338 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,412 |
| 1977 | 72 | #1,514 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,473 |
| 1973 | 67 | #1,444 |
| 1972 | 77 | #1,313 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,619 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,575 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,880 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,800 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Jacinta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jacinta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacinta, updated 20 October 2026.