Charlize
2025 SSA
About Charlize
Charlize is a name that owes its very life to a star: elegant blond South African actress Charlize Theron. She was named after her father, whose name was Charles. Charlize jumped onto the popularity lists in 2004, the year the actress won the Oscar for lead actress in Monster.
Like Theron herself, Charlize has an elegant and attractive image.
Pronounced shar-LEEZ.
As of October 2026, Charlize ranked #2658 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #625 in 2004.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,005 | 261 | 146.1 |
| 2015 | #972 | 278 | 155.7 |
| 2016 | #1,120 | 226 | 127.5 |
| 2017 | #1,263 | 187 | 108.3 |
| 2018 | #1,238 | 188 | 110.5 |
| 2019 | #1,508 | 144 | 85.8 |
| 2020 | #1,609 | 130 | 80.4 |
| 2021 | #1,682 | 123 | 75 |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | 53 |
| 2023 | #2,179 | 87 | 54.2 |
| 2024 | #2,437 | 74 | 45.7 |
| 2025 | #2,658 | 65 | 40.4 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Charlize.
Charlize on lists
Famous Charlizes
- Charlize Theron
South African actress, producer, model
- Charlize van der Westhuizen
South African cricketer
- Charlize "Charli" Kelly
Australian child YouTuber of Charli's Crafty Kitchen
- Charlize Cornes (b. 2004)
daughter of Australian rules footballer Graham Cornes
- Charlize Alley Hackett (b. 2009)
daughter of swimmer Grant Hackett and singer Candice Alley; twin of brother Jagger Emilio Hackett