Charlize
Girl · shar-LEEZ · Germanic
Charlize is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Charlize mean?
Germanic: feminine form of Charles, from South Africa
“free man”
Made famous by South African-born actress Charlize Theron, who was named after her father Charles.
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Is Charlize a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlize is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charlize in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Charlize in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charlize in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 50 | #695 |
| 2005 | 41 | #769 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
How popular is Charlize in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Charlize, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,608th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 436 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer girls named Charlize than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Charlize in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charlize in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,608 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,508 |
| 2018 | 188 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 187 | #1,263 |
| 2016 | 226 | #1,118 |
| 2015 | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 261 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 291 | #886 |
| 2012 | 315 | #846 |
| 2011 | 244 | #1,022 |
| 2010 | 249 | #1,008 |
| 2009 | 297 | #911 |
| 2008 | 302 | #910 |
| 2007 | 312 | #891 |
| 2006 | 365 | #753 |
| 2005 | 279 | #899 |
| 2004 | 436 | #625 |
| 2003 | 227 | #1,017 |
| 2002 | 176 | #1,164 |
| 2001 | 194 | #1,089 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,701 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Nicknames for Charlize
- Charlie 1,969 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Charlize
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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