How rare is the name Jacinta?

4,919 people in the United States have the first name Jacinta, about 1 in 61,401. It ranks #3,965 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JACINTA

#3,965

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,919
About
1 in 61,401
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,919 people named Jacinta, 36.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28% as Black and 23.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jacinta peaked in 1982, when 104 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
104
In 2025*
32 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,546 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jacinta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,371. The largest share of babies named Jacinta, 30%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#6,20444
1920s#6,20476
1930s#6,41053
1940s#5,37089
1950s#3,418262
1960s#3,547293
1970s#2,371708
1980s#2,496798
1990s#4,603446
2000s#7,491306
2010s#8,592270
2020s#7,477196
Greatest Generation 1901–272.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–6412%
Generation X 1965–8027.4%
Millennials 1981–9630%
Generation Z 1997–1213.1%
2013 and later11.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Jacinta

#3,962 Taj · 4,921#3,964 Rakesh · 4,920#3,966 Jocelyne · 4,916#3,967 Elly · 4,914

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacinta, most common first.

#3,324 Jacinto · 6,387#4,971 Jacinda · 3,578#22,961 Jacinth · 430#30,018 Jacintha · 292#41,689 Jacynda · 175#43,502 Jasinto · 162#48,685 Jacenta · 130#49,014 Jacinthe · 128

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