Is Cricket a boy or girl name?

Cricket is a girl’s name. Of the 641 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Cricket

Recorded 1950–2025 · United States

Cricket was most popular in 1982, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,355 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 641 people named Cricket.

Cricket over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cricket’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cricket a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cricket is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 641 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org