Cricket
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIK-it
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Cricket is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “chirping insect”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Cricket mean?
English: English word cricket, from Old French criquet
“chirping insect”
From the English word for the chirping insect, traditionally regarded as a bringer of good luck.
Is Cricket a girl's or a boy's name?
Cricket is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cricket in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Cricket, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Cricket in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cricket in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Names like Cricket
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett Merritt Ivy Autumn Ashley Amber Chelsea Chandler Bridget Taylor Carter Ember
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cricket: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cricket, updated 20 October 2026.