Kharis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-is
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kharis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “grace, kindness”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Kharis mean?
Greek: spelling of Karis; from Greek charis
“grace, kindness”
From Greek charis 'grace', the word behind charisma and the Charites, the Graces of Greek myth.
Meaning borrowed from Karis.
Is Kharis a girl's or a boy's name?
Kharis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kharis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kharis, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kharis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Kharis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kharis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Kharis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kharis, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Kharis in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were given Kharis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,478, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Kharis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Kharis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Hafsa Raya Ayra Aaliyah Khadija Hiba Ayat Rahma Nusaybah
Other spellings of Kharis
Names related to Kharis
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kharis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kharis, updated 20 October 2026.