Cherith
Feminine · “from Cherith”
Cherith is the name of a brook in the Bible, where a prophet hid and was fed by ravens. It is two syllables, soft and unusual, and it has been given rarely as a girl's name.
How old is the name Cherith?
Cherith first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Cherith alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 500 people named Cherith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cherith most popular?
Cherith peaked in 1980, reaching #3609 nationally. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kerith to Cherith
The story of Cherith
In the First Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah hides by the brook Cherith during a drought, and ravens bring him bread and meat morning and evening until the stream runs dry. The story made the place a byword for God's care in hard times. Some families took the brook's name for a daughter, though the record does not show when or where that began.
Meaning
from Cherith, a brook in the Bible
Cherith, or Kerith, is a brook east of the Jordan in the First Book of Kings. Its Hebrew name is usually linked to a root meaning to cut, as a gorge.
How the name formed
- Kerith
- Cherith
Related forms: Kerit
Pronouncing Cherith
KER-ith
Two syllables, stressed on the first; most families use a hard k.
Nicknames for Cherith
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 198022 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3609reached in 1980
- Change vs 2018
- +20.0%6 in 2022, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cherith in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kerit in Hebrew — related form
Cheriths among us
people named Cherith are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cherith sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It carries a quiet biblical story of care.
- It is almost certainly unique among the people she will meet.
- People will read the ch as in cherry and say CHAIR-ith.
- Few will know the story behind it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cheriths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Cherith are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cherith in 2025?
- Cherith is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cherith with classmates?
- Cherith will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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