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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #625, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2015

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #667 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,495 girlsMNIllinois: #858 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,878 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedMINew York: #885 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,073 girlsNYMassachusetts: #621 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,160 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: #1,072 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,126 girlsINOhio: #969 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,864 girlsOHPennsylvania: #821 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,799 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,056 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,194 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #581 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 3,208 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedUTColorado: #767 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,899 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedNEMissouri: #947 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,439 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,496 girlsVAMaryland: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedDEArizona: #706 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,434 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: #745 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,894 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,227 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,567 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: #1,317 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,116 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Charlize, so not publishedHITexas: #1,092 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,787 girlsTXFlorida: #767 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,298 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#581 · 1 in 3,208
  2. Massachusetts#621 · 1 in 3,160
  3. Minnesota#667 · 1 in 3,495
  4. Arizona#706 · 1 in 3,434
  5. Tennessee#745 · 1 in 3,894

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#581641 in 3,208
Massachusetts#62181 in 3,160
Minnesota#66771 in 3,495
Arizona#70691 in 3,434
Tennessee#74581 in 3,894
Colorado#76761 in 3,899
Florida#767201 in 4,298
Pennsylvania#821111 in 4,799
Illinois#858121 in 4,878
New York#885181 in 5,073
Maryland#88951 in 4,820
Missouri#94751 in 5,439
Ohio#96991 in 5,864
New Jersey#1,05661 in 6,194
Indiana#1,07251 in 6,126
Texas#1,092251 in 6,787
Virginia#1,21851 in 7,496
North Carolina#1,22761 in 7,567
Georgia#1,31761 in 8,116
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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 2015

girls
#972
278 births · 1 in 6,421 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #972Charlize278
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,421 of them was named Charlize, which outranked 94.9% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Charlize
  1. #968Natalee280
  2. #970Kiana279
  3. #970Miya279
  4. #972Charlize278
  5. #972Emmalee278
  6. #972Kensington278
  7. #972Moriah278
  8. #977Taya277
  9. #978Lyra276
  10. #978Mariyah276

Tied with 4 names at #972; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →