Girls' name · since 1962
Jacinda
4,252 babies named Jacinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,252
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jacinda is the #10254 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,252 recorded since 1962.
Jacinda has 4,252 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10254 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #2,864 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,254 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,252 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacinda ranks #2,864 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,254 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,252 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,864 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,254 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,252
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacinda's 4,252 recorded births place it above 96.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jacinda compares
4,252 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jacinda's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jacinda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,252 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 169 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jacinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jacinda's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 9 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 169, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jacinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 169
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Jacinda by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,176 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Jacinda's strongest decade.
1,176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Jacinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 315
1960s
315 births
- 1970s
1970s
822 births
- 1980s
1980s
822 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,176 births
- 2000s
2000s
770 births
- 2010s 261
2010s
261 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,176 births (28% of all-time use).
How Jacinda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jacinda's total volume
Jacinda by state
Where Jacinda concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 378 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 253 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 111 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 99 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 91 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 79 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 74 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 73 | 1.7% |
378 of 4,252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Jacinda appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jacinda's data
- Jacinda's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,176 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jacindas (378 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacinda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.