Jacinta
Jacinta is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1982104 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 3,514people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,514 girls have been named Jacinta in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 104 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jacinta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 44 | |
| 1920s | 76 | |
| 1930s | 53 | |
| 1940s | 89 | |
| 1950s | 262 | |
| 1960s | 293 | |
| 1970s | 708 | |
| 1980s | 798 | |
| 1990s | 446 | |
| 2000s | 306 | |
| 2010s | 270 | |
| 2020s | 164 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Jacinta was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Jacinta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darapeak 1981
- Meredithpeak 1980
- Aprylpeak 1981
- Adriapeak 1979
- Andreapeak 1981
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Rachellpeak 1982
- Holleypeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.