Jacintha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jacintha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jacintha: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #194, and it stood at #5,493 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#194highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jacintha's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2020	#5493

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 27 years from 1964 to 1990.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #194 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1990
Highest recorded position: #194 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #5493 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Jacintha appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 165 births with the name.

Jacintha across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jacintha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#194 (1964)	#194 (1964)	#446 (1990)	22 of 27	165 (1964–1990)	15 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#5493 (2020)	#5493 (2020)	2 of 13	6 (2008–2020)	3 (2008)

Jacintha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jacintha in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	57	6 of 10	10
1970s	79	10 of 10	8
1980s	25	5 of 10	5
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jacintha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #194 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Jacintha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	13	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	8	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2020, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #194, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jacek · #116, 54y
Jacinta · #53, 57y
Jack · #1, 81y
Jack-Junior · #1879, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Barnaby · #195, 29y
Ieuan · #193, 29y
Caomhan · #192, 20y
Aodh · #191, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gordan · #194, 18y
Izabela · #194, 58y
Susanna · #194, 61y
Deborrah · #195, 10y

Jacintha was ranked #194 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jacintha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jacintha without appearing here.

Jacintha moved ahead of

Camilla Compare
In 1989 they stood at #458 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #517.
Jeanette Compare
In 1989 they stood at #348 and #310 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #517.

Moved ahead of Jacintha

Jade Compare
In 1983 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #236.
Leanne Compare
In 1977 they stood at #468 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #522 and #281.
Shannon Compare
In 1989 they stood at #348 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #208.
Hayley Compare
In 1983 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Jacintha

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 while Aisling went from #154 to #9.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 while Alison went from #146 to #38.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 while Amanda went from #118 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 while Aoife went from #206 to #7.

Moved the same way as Jacintha

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 and Alice from #57 to #110.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 and Amelia from #300 to #446.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 and Angela from #24 to #190.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jacintha went from #194 to #446 and Ann from #4 to #47.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #194 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jacintha

Jacintha at a glance

What stands out in Jacintha's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jacintha across 2 official records

Jacintha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jacintha appears in

Popularity data

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Jacintha at a glance

What stands out in Jacintha's record

Jacintha across 2 official records

Jacintha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jacintha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Jacintha and the names beside it

Jacintha moved ahead of

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