How rare is the name Jacinto?

6,387 people in the United States have the first name Jacinto, about 1 in 47,288. It ranks #3,324 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JACINTO

#3,324

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,387
About
1 in 47,288
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,387 people named Jacinto, 89% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jacinto peaked in 2024, when 45 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
45
In 2025*
44 ▼2%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,958 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.

Jacinto by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #3,140. The largest share of babies named Jacinto, 19.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,16965
1920s#3,385209
1930s#3,388174
1940s#3,140229
1950s#3,581241
1960s#3,583288
1970s#3,983312
1980s#4,312353
1990s#5,462347
2000s#7,430310
2010s#10,051217
2020s#7,224207
Greatest Generation 1901–278%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.9%
Generation X 1965–8016.8%
Millennials 1981–9619.4%
Generation Z 1997–1215.8%
2013 and later12.2%

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.

Where Jacinto is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jacinto has been most common in Texas (9×), California (2.6×), and New York (0.28×), and least common in New York (0.28×).

1,670 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jacinto

#3,321 Shyla · 6,390#3,323 Braiden · 6,389#3,325 Yahaira · 6,386#3,326 Merrill · 6,383

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,965 Jacinta · 4,919#4,971 Jacinda · 3,578#22,961 Jacinth · 430#30,018 Jacintha · 292#43,502 Jasinto · 162#48,685 Jacenta · 130#49,014 Jacinthe · 128

Also a last name

As a last name, Jacinto ranks #5,421 of 156,621, with 6,214 people. See Jacinto as a last name

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