Jacinto

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Jacinto is a Spanish and Portuguese given name meaning Hyacinth, which can refer to Saint Hyacinth, a Roman martyr, or the Hyacinth flower itself. Common English nicknames for "Jacinto" are "Jack", "Jason" and "Jesse".

From Wikipedia

Jacinto first appears in the data in 1909 and has been recorded in 114 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 45 babies (rank #2,839 that year). In 2024 it was given to 45 boys (rank #2,839). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Jacinto

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jacinto yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,914

Total babies (all years)

114

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Jacinto

Jacinto Benaventefilm director · b. 1866
Jacinto Quincocesassociation football player · b. 1905

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1909	6	#1,372
1910	6	#1,503
1912	6	#2,414
1914	7	#2,787
1915	5	#4,094
1916	9	#2,821
1917	8	#3,059
1918	11	#2,619
1919	13	#2,323
1920	25	#1,527
1921	14	#2,310
1922	16	#2,097
1923	23	#1,621
1924	18	#1,934
1925	31	#1,319
1926	20	#1,757
1927	19	#1,839
1928	23	#1,585
1929	20	#1,703
1930	17	#1,861
1931	20	#1,610
1932	18	#1,747
1933	14	#1,958
1934	18	#1,697
1935	22	#1,470
1936	16	#1,757
1937	19	#1,603
1938	13	#2,035
1939	17	#1,673
1940	26	#1,321
1941	13	#2,042
1942	21	#1,559
1943	28	#1,327
1944	31	#1,201
1945	16	#1,730
1946	30	#1,286
1947	13	#2,202
1948	26	#1,442
1949	25	#1,479
1950	31	#1,301
1951	20	#1,702
1952	23	#1,598
1953	33	#1,319
1954	14	#2,158
1955	26	#1,519
1956	20	#1,780
1957	27	#1,529
1958	22	#1,705
1959	25	#1,606
1960	21	#1,791
1961	31	#1,447
1962	27	#1,531
1963	22	#1,720
1964	34	#1,360
1965	28	#1,468
1966	26	#1,525
1967	27	#1,488
1968	36	#1,267
1969	36	#1,337
1970	33	#1,478
1971	33	#1,506
1972	38	#1,372
1973	29	#1,623
1974	29	#1,674
1975	26	#1,854
1976	40	#1,418
1977	32	#1,686
1978	24	#2,034
1979	28	#1,923
1980	32	#1,782
1981	36	#1,645
1982	31	#1,831
1983	35	#1,671
1984	41	#1,514
1985	41	#1,578
1986	28	#2,072
1987	34	#1,879
1988	34	#1,926
1989	41	#1,843
1990	43	#1,822
1991	36	#2,070
1992	35	#2,192
1993	41	#1,976
1994	36	#2,234
1995	31	#2,466
1996	31	#2,504
1997	32	#2,518
1998	32	#2,616
1999	30	#2,824
2000	38	#2,499
2001	39	#2,507
2002	34	#2,782
2003	30	#3,146
2004	25	#3,684
2005	33	#3,116
2006	35	#3,111
2007	26	#3,939
2008	25	#4,077
2009	25	#4,082
2010	21	#4,583
2011	19	#4,886
2012	23	#4,307
2013	26	#3,900
2014	26	#3,944
2015	23	#4,342
2016	26	#4,040
2017	20	#4,821
2018	14	#6,154
2019	19	#5,032
2020	19	#4,925
2021	19	#5,001
2022	37	#3,239
2023	43	#2,911
2024	45	#2,839