Given name
Cricket
“resembling a chirping insect of the night”
Cricket is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “resembling a chirping insect of the night.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling a chirping insect of the night.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cricket through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 641
- 0 boys · 641 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #8,988 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,988 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 732 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cricket’s family of names
Cricket has a related form in Crickit. Cricket has a related form in Criket. Cricket has a related form in Crycket.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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