# Charlize (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charlize/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,682 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 310, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 244 | 1,022 |
| 2012 | 315 | 847 |
| 2013 | 291 | 886 |
| 2014 | 261 | 1,005 |
| 2015 | 278 | 972 |
| 2016 | 226 | 1,120 |
| 2017 | 187 | 1,263 |
| 2018 | 188 | 1,240 |
| 2019 | 144 | 1,509 |
| 2020 | 130 | 1,610 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,683 |
| 2022 | 87 | 2,175 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,181 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,658 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 45 | 696 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 12 | 2,019 |
| 2010 | 15 | 1,815 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Charlize

- Charlize Andrews, Australian water polo player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.