girl's name

Cherith

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 554

Northern Ireland

#385

2001 births

Cherith is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1946.

Cherith over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

153
'40 '50 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Cherith by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 11
1970s 111
1980s 153
1990s 131
2000s 82
2010s 44
2020s (to 2022) 6

How popular is Cherith?

In 2022, Cherith was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cherith is used

Northern Ireland #385 3 in 2001
United States #14,298 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cherith

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cherith also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cherith over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cherith

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cherith — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cherith

How popular is the name Cherith?

In 2022, Cherith was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cherith a girl's or a boy's name?

Cherith is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cherith most popular?

Cherith peaked in 1980, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.