Jacinta
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning hyacinth flower; from jacinto.
Babies a year
53
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Jacinta by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jacinta. In the US, 53 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 103 babies in 1982, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jacinta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a flower
Like Jacinta, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jacinta
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