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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • 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: #845 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,480 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: #1,117 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,027 girlsILWisconsin: #599 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,064 girlsWIMichigan: #883 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,343 girlsMINew York: #662 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,510 girlsNYMassachusetts: #816 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,249 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: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedINOhio: #726 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,188 girlsOHPennsylvania: #994 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,829 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,028 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,387 girlsNJConnecticut: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,523 girlsCTCalifornia: #616 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsCAUtah: #776 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,809 girlsUTColorado: #617 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,980 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: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedDEArizona: #836 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsAZNew Mexico: #331 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsNMKansas: 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: #911 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,157 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #1,232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,246 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedHITexas: #1,180 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 7,576 girlsTXFlorida: #638 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,431 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#331 · 1 in 1,146
  2. Connecticut#524 · 1 in 2,523
  3. Wisconsin#599 · 1 in 3,064
  4. California#616 · 1 in 3,521
  5. Colorado#617 · 1 in 2,980

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#33171 in 1,146
Connecticut#52451 in 2,523
Wisconsin#59981 in 3,064
California#616621 in 3,521
Colorado#61781 in 2,980
Florida#638241 in 3,431
New York#662271 in 3,510
Ohio#726131 in 4,188
Utah#77651 in 3,809
Massachusetts#81651 in 5,249
Arizona#83681 in 4,190
Washington#84571 in 4,480
Michigan#88381 in 5,343
North Carolina#91191 in 5,157
Pennsylvania#99481 in 6,829
New Jersey#1,02861 in 6,387
Illinois#1,11791 in 7,027
Texas#1,180221 in 7,576
Georgia#1,23271 in 7,246
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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 2009

girls
#911
297 births · 1 in 6,186 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #911Charlize297
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 6,186 of them was named Charlize, which outranked 95.5% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlize
  1. #907Tamara300
  2. #909Lilia298
  3. #909Xiomara298
  4. #911Charlize297
  5. #911Abagail297
  6. #911Eloise297
  7. #911Janiah297
  8. #916Aliana296
  9. #917Emmy295
  10. #917Hadassah295

Tied with 4 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →