Cricket Popularity by Year
Follow Cricket across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Cricket birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 11 | #8,860 | Down 805 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 13 | #8,055 | Up 4,151 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 7 | #12,206 | Down 4,994 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 15 | #7,212 | Up 5,236 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Down 1,903 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 9 | #10,545 | Down 3,453 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 16 | #7,092 | Up 2,319 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 11 | #9,411 | Down 964 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 13 | #8,447 | Down 1,460 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 17 | #6,987 | Up 6,163 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 7 | #13,150 | Up 3,719 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 5,688 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 9 | #11,181 | Up 1,095 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 8 | #12,276 | Down 1,597 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 10 | #10,679 | Down 3,606 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 18 | #7,073 | Up 1,447 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 14 | #8,520 | Up 6,632 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 6 | #15,152 | Down 3,318 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 8 | #11,834 | Up 574 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 7 | #12,408 | Up 3,024 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 5 | #15,432 | Down 6,269 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 10 | #9,163 | Up 2,222 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 7 | #11,385 | Up 2,045 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 5 | #13,430 | Up 12 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | Down 5,377 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 10 | #8,065 | Up 3,444 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 6 | #11,509 | Down 6,449 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 18 | #5,060 | Up 1,895 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 11 | #6,955 | Down 1,357 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 14 | #5,598 | Down 1,315 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 19 | #4,283 | Down 526 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 22 | #3,757 | Up 2,274 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 11 | #6,031 | Up 779 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 9 | #6,810 | Down 105 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 9 | #6,705 | Down 3,287 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 24 | #3,418 | Up 4,710 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Down 710 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 8 | #7,418 | Up 2,792 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 3,262 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Up 619 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 7 | #7,567 | Down 3,204 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 14 | #4,363 | Up 1,153 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 10 | #5,516 | Up 2,164 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 6 | #7,680 | Down 3,525 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 14 | #4,155 | Up 145 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 13 | #4,300 | Up 1,243 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 9 | #5,543 | Up 819 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Down 906 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 8 | #5,456 | Down 474 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 8 | #4,982 | Up 827 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 6 | #5,809 | Down 2,117 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 13 | #3,692 | Down 626 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 17 | #3,066 | Down 527 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 23 | #2,539 | Up 921 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 14 | #3,460 | Down 103 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 14 | #3,357 | Up 1,268 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 8 | #4,625 | Up 1,478 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 5 | #6,103 | Down 778 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 6 | #5,325 | Up 238 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 5 | #5,563 | Down 149 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 5 | #5,414 | Down 113 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 5 | #5,301 | — |