Charizma
Charles Edward Hicks Jr., also known by his stage name Charizma, was an MC from Milpitas, California. He is best known for his work with Peanut Butter Wolf; the two artists formed a duo after meeting in 1990. Their musical partnership was cut short by Charizma's murder in December 1993.
Meaning & Origin of Charizma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Charles Edward Hicks Jr., also known by his stage name Charizma, was an MC from Milpitas, California. He is best known for his work with Peanut Butter Wolf; the two artists formed a duo after meeting in 1990. Their musical partnership was cut short by Charizma's murder in December 1993.
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The Story of Charizma
Charizma first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 17 births, good for #6,207 nationwide. About 60% of every Charizma on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Charizma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 173 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Where is Charizma most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- NA25%
- TW22%
- Ukraine21%
- GH16%
- Turkey16%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
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About the name Charizma
Charizma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 173 births in the dataset. Charizma's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #6,207. Use the chart and map above to compare Charizma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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