Jacinth
Jacinth is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jacinth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jacinth is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jacinth
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Jacinth as a girl name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Jacinth — #11,386 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Jacinth on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jacinth last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jacinth on the record books as a boy name in 1999, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 6 Jacinths were born — ranking #10,151 that year. About 38% of every Jacinth on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jacinth last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jacinth
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jacinth. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jacinth
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About the name Jacinth
Jacinth is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Jacinth's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #10,151. Use the chart and map above to compare Jacinth's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.