Is Charlize a boy or girl name?
Charlize is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 74 girls and 0 boys were named Charlize, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 5,617 US babies named Charlize were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,437
- Babies named Charlize since 1998
- 5,617
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 436 babies
Boys and girls named Charlize, by decade
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,437 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 87 | #2,179 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,682 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 130 | #1,609 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 144 | #1,508 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 188 | #1,238 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 187 | #1,263 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 226 | #1,120 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 261 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 291 | #886 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 315 | #847 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 244 | #1,022 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 249 | #1,008 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 297 | #912 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 302 | #910 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 312 | #891 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 365 | #753 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 279 | #899 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 436 | #625 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 227 | #1,018 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 176 | #1,165 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 194 | #1,092 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,707 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,387 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,572 |
Highest rank
Charlize has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #625 in 2004. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Charlize
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.