Charlize

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births

Peak · girls
2004 · 436 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,682
since 1998

Charlize over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Charlize has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #625, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,64565
2024#2,43474
2023#2,17687
2022#2,17487
2021#1,680123
2020#1,608130
2019#1,508144
2018#1,237188
2017#1,263187
2016#1,118226
2015#972278
2014#1,005261
2013#886291
2012#846315
2011#1,022244
2010#1,008249
2009#911297
2008#910302
2007#891312
2006#753365
2005#899279
2004#625436
2003#1,018227
2002#1,165176
2001#1,090194
2000#1,705103
1999#3,37437
1998#14,1225
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five girls were named Charlize! It came in at #14,122, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Charlize is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNHWashington: #561 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,679 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,242 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,278 girlsILWisconsin: #859 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsWIMichigan: #1,255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,892 girlsMINew York: #599 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,184 girlsNYMassachusetts: #841 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,444 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedSDIowa: #476 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedINOhio: #800 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,126 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,091 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,906 girlsPANew Jersey: #583 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,022 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #621 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 3,528 girlsCAUtah: #753 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,955 girlsUTColorado: #799 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,083 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedWVVirginia: #922 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,374 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedDEArizona: #591 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,807 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #761 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,488 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,568 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,564 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedHITexas: #1,400 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,866 girlsTXFlorida: #790 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,531 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#476 · 1 in 2,255
  2. Washington#561 · 1 in 2,679
  3. New Jersey#583 · 1 in 3,022
  4. Arizona#591 · 1 in 2,807
  5. New York#599 · 1 in 3,184

Best ever in a state: #172 in Rhode Island, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#47661 in 2,255
Washington#561121 in 2,679
New Jersey#583131 in 3,022
Arizona#591131 in 2,807
New York#599301 in 3,184
California#621651 in 3,528
Utah#75351 in 3,955
Oklahoma#76151 in 3,488
Florida#790191 in 4,531
Colorado#79961 in 4,083
Ohio#800111 in 5,126
Massachusetts#84151 in 5,444
Wisconsin#85951 in 5,010
Virginia#92271 in 5,374
Pennsylvania#1,09171 in 7,906
Illinois#1,24281 in 8,278
Michigan#1,25551 in 8,892
Texas#1,400171 in 9,866
Georgia#1,56851 in 10,564
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Charlize
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 211 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,645)
  • 1,037 spots since 2020 (#1,608 → #2,645)
  • 1,673 spots since 2015 (#972 → #2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 393 spots in 2004 (#1,018 → #625)
  • Biggest drop: 274 spots in 2005 (#625 → #899)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2004 at #625 (436 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2004–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,212
  • Highest: 1 in 4,212 girls born in 2004 were named Charlize (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 47.4% of all girls named Charlize (2,691) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s42#3,374 (1999)#8,748
2000s2,691#625 (2004)#997
2010s2,383#846 (2012)#1,087
2020s566#1,608 (2020)#2,120

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Charlize in 2008

girls
#910
302 births · 1 in 6,261 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #910Charlize302
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 6,261 of them was named Charlize, which outranked 95.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlize
  1. #905Mina304
  2. #905Shirley304
  3. #909Raelynn303
  4. #910Charlize302
  5. #911Karley301
  6. #911Marlie301
  7. #913Ariella300
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →