# Jacinta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacinta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,546 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,546 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 159, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jacinta. Variant of Jacinda and Jacintha.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,021 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,437 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,303 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,217 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,340 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,698 |
| 2017 | 54 | 3,030 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,400 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,964 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,106 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,551 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,243 |
| 2023 | 37 | 4,011 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,706 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,397 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jacinta

- Jacinta Stapleton, Australian actress
- Hyacintha Mariscotti, Franciscan nun and saint

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.