Jacinto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-SEEN-toh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Jacinto is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hyacinth flower”. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Jacinto mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Hyacinth
“hyacinth flower”
In Greek myth Hyacinthus was a youth loved by Apollo; the hyacinth flower sprang from his blood.
Is Jacinto a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacinto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacinto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 154% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Jacinto, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Jacinto in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacinto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,568 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,288 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
Names like Jacinto
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, “Jacinto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacinto, updated 20 October 2026.