Jacinta — #4664 US girls' name
3,514 babies named Jacinta in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Jacinta was born in this single decade.
104 babies were named Jacinta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacinta
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,514 babies named Jacinta between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacinta currently holds the #4664 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 104 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacinta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 798 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Jacinta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacinta in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacinta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,514 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jacinta at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jacinta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (1982)
- 104
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #4664 among girls.
3,514 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 104 births in a single year.
Jacinta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 798 births that decade — 23% of Jacinta's all-time total
Jacinta decade highlights
- Peak decade 798 births
- Runner-up 708 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jacinta's strongest decade
798 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Jacinta by state
Where Jacinta concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 151 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 120 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 93 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 82 | 2.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 64 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 40 | 1.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 31 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 30 | 0.9% |
151 of 3,514 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jacinta appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1909–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.