diff --git a/src/crewai/crew.py b/src/crewai/crew.py
index e9d4b8d0a..5c6fba27a 100644
--- a/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
         default_factory=TaskOutputStorageHandler
     )
 
-    name: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
+    name: Optional[str] = Field(default="crew")
     cache: bool = Field(default=True)
     tasks: List[Task] = Field(default_factory=list)
     agents: List[BaseAgent] = Field(default_factory=list)
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTrainStartedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or "crew",
+                    crew_name=self.name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     filename=filename,
                     inputs=inputs,
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTrainCompletedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or "crew",
+                    crew_name=self.name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     filename=filename,
                 ),
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
         except Exception as e:
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
-                CrewTrainFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name or "crew"),
+                CrewTrainFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name),
             )
             self._logger.log("error", f"Training failed: {e}", color="red")
             CrewTrainingHandler(TRAINING_DATA_FILE).clear()
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
 
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
-                CrewKickoffStartedEvent(crew_name=self.name or "crew", inputs=inputs),
+                CrewKickoffStartedEvent(crew_name=self.name, inputs=inputs),
             )
 
             # Starts the crew to work on its assigned tasks.
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
         except Exception as e:
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
-                CrewKickoffFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name or "crew"),
+                CrewKickoffFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name),
             )
             raise
         finally:
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
         crewai_event_bus.emit(
             self,
             CrewKickoffCompletedEvent(
-                crew_name=self.name or "crew", output=final_task_output
+                crew_name=self.name, output=final_task_output
             ),
         )
         return CrewOutput(
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTestStartedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or "crew",
+                    crew_name=self.name,
                     n_iterations=n_iterations,
                     eval_llm=llm_instance,
                     inputs=inputs,
@@ -1344,13 +1344,13 @@ class Crew(FlowTrackable, BaseModel):
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
                 CrewTestCompletedEvent(
-                    crew_name=self.name or "crew",
+                    crew_name=self.name,
                 ),
             )
         except Exception as e:
             crewai_event_bus.emit(
                 self,
-                CrewTestFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name or "crew"),
+                CrewTestFailedEvent(error=str(e), crew_name=self.name),
             )
             raise
 
diff --git a/tests/crew_test.py b/tests/crew_test.py
index f91528b4a..eb45d1e37 100644
--- a/tests/crew_test.py
+++ b/tests/crew_test.py
@@ -4756,3 +4756,13 @@ def test_reset_agent_knowledge_with_only_agent_knowledge(researcher, writer):
         mock_reset_agent_knowledge.assert_called_once_with(
             [mock_ks_research, mock_ks_writer]
         )
+
+def test_default_crew_name(researcher, writer):
+    crew = Crew(
+        agents=[researcher, writer],
+        tasks=[
+            Task(description="Task 1", expected_output="output", agent=researcher),
+            Task(description="Task 2", expected_output="output", agent=writer),
+        ],
+    )
+    assert crew.name == "crew"