101 Softball Team Names

Here are 100+ softball team names covering slow pitch, coed, corporate and girls leagues, sorted by style. Softball has the most joke-friendly culture of any organized sport, and the lists below reflect that.

Slow pitch softball is where funny names live. Games are social, rosters are half coworkers and half friends of coworkers, and there is usually a beer sponsor on the shirt. The names that work best are the ones that make an opposing team laugh during warmups rather than the ones that try to sound tough.

Funny softball team names

The genre standard. Puns about pitching, bases and beer, ranked by how well they survive being announced.

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Coed softball team names

Coed leagues want names that do not lean on one gender's in-jokes. These work for a mixed roster.

Work league softball names

Corporate softball names work best when they make fun of office life, not the company. Keep it printable on a company-funded shirt.

Girls and women's softball names

Force without cliche. These fit school, travel and adult women's leagues.

Cool and competitive names

For leagues where the standings actually matter and the name should not undercut the team.

Short softball names

Registration-friendly and easy to yell from the dugout.

How to pick from this list

Check what the shirt will say

Softball teams print shirts more than almost any other rec sport, and a name that reads as clever in a group chat can read differently across someone's chest at a family barbecue. Ask whether you would wear it to pick up your kids.

Know your league's rules on names

Corporate and parks-department leagues frequently reject names with innuendo, and you find out after the schedule is printed. If your league is run by a city, assume the family-friendly filter applies.

Puns beat power words in slow pitch

Slow pitch is social. A name that promises dominance sets up a joke at your expense the first time you lose 18 to 3, while a self-aware name only gets funnier.

Pick something the sponsor can live with

If a local bar or your employer is paying for shirts, they get a say. Have a clean second choice ready before you ask, because the alternative is being renamed by someone else.

What this looks like in practice

A team of restaurant staff in a parks-league slow pitch division goes with Scared Hitless: it fits on a shirt, gets a laugh at the plate, passes the city's family-friendly filter, and still works when they finish last. The same team going with Diamond Kings would have to live up to it every Sunday.

Frequently asked questions

What are good softball team names?

Funny names dominate slow pitch: Pitches Be Crazy, Scared Hitless and Hit Happens are league standards. For competitive play, short punchy names like Sandlot, Bandits or Iron Gloves hold up better across a season.

What are good coed softball team names?

Choose names that work for the whole roster rather than half of it: Mixed Signals, Better Together, Fair Game or The Wild Cards. Avoid gendered in-jokes, which age badly when the roster changes mid-season.

Are there rules about softball team names?

Often yes. City and corporate leagues commonly reject names with innuendo, and enforcement usually happens after schedules are printed. Check your league's registration rules before ordering shirts.