Cherith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHER-ith
- Origin
- Hebrew
Cherith is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “cut”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cherith mean?
Hebrew: from the Hebrew name of a biblical brook, Kerit
“cut”
Taken from the brook Cherith, where the prophet Elijah was fed by ravens in the Old Testament.
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Is Cherith a girl's or a boy's name?
Cherith is a girls' name.
How popular is Cherith in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Cherith in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cherith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Names like Cherith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah Hannah Leah Rachel Jordan Chaya Anya Sara Mariah Samantha Danielle Raven
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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, “Cherith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cherith, updated 20 October 2026.