Is Jacinta a boy or girl name?

Jacinta is a girl’s name. Of the 3,546 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Jacinta

Recorded 1909–2025 · United States

Jacinta was most popular in 1982, when 104 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,062 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,546 people named Jacinta.

Jacinta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jacinta’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jacinta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jacinta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,546 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jacinta

Where Jacinta is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org