Jacinta comes from the Greek / Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning Hyacinth Flower.
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How popular is Jacinta?
1982peak year
Today, Jacinta is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4402), with only about 33 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1982, 104 babies were given the name (ranked #1252 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Jacinta's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 3,514 babies have been registered as Jacinta since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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