Jacinto comes from the Greek / Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning Hyacinth Flower.
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How popular is Jacinto?
2024peak year
Today, Jacinto is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4330), with only about 26 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2024, 45 babies were given the name (ranked #2839 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Jacinto has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 2,914 babies have been registered as Jacinto since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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