Charish
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHAIR-ish
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Charish is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “to hold dear”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Charish mean?
English: respelling of Cherish, from Old French cherir 'to hold dear'
“to hold dear”
Respelling of Cherish, an English word from Old French meaning to hold dear.
Is Charish a girl's or a boy's name?
Charish is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charish in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Charish, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more girls named Charish than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Charish in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 girls in the US were given Charish or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Cherish 160
- Charish 6
Charish in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Charish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Priya Prisha Anya Anvi Avani Navya Dhriti Kavya Raven Krisha Vivi
Other spellings of Charish
Names related to Charish
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Charish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charish, updated 20 October 2026.