Jacinth

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jacinth has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1999. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Jacinth, 2019

1 in 694,000

Jacinth over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jacinth over time

In 2019, Jacinth went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19892019

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jacinth: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacinth means

Jacinth is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jacinth is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Jacinth between 1999 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2005; its best national rank was #10,557 in 1999.

In the United States, 12 girls were recorded with the name Jacinth between 1989 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1999; its best national rank was #11,846 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jacinth?

Jacinth had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 694,000; 5 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,354 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jacinth sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacinth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jacinths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacinth was born before 2005 — so the typical Jacinth is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 16; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Jacinth rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (6)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,557; 1999

Spellings of Jacinth

Jacinth is not the most common spelling — Jacinto is, with 99.5% against Jacinth's 0.54%.

Jacinto99.5%2,958
Jacinth0.54%16

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jacinth by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,557; 1999
Peak year: 2005; 6 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,846; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 7 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 12
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jacinth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jacaius Jacarii Jacelyn Jacquay Jaceton Jaciere Jacquon Jacaree Jacorri Jaceson Jaccari Jacksin Jacyeon Jacaerys Jacquin Jacieon Jacolbi Jacquell Jacobian Jacaleb Jacobus Jacqui Jackjohn Jacarter

Sibling names for Jacinth

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Yahaira Pilar Anisa Yajaira Anjali Anneliese Annalisa Abigayle

For a brother

Braulio Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon Tye Deshaun

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