Annalise
Feminine · “a blend of Anna ('grace”
Annalise is what English speakers made of the German Anneliese — Anna and Liese stitched into one word, two of the oldest names in Europe traveling together. It arrives in the mouth as a small descent, three syllables that end on a long, quiet note, and it comes with ready-made short forms at both ends. The spelling with two n's and an a in the middle is the American settlement of a name that has been written half a dozen ways across the North Sea.
How old is the name Annalise?
Annalise first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Annalise is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 17,000 people named Annalise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annalise most popular?
Annalise peaked in 2021, reaching #385 nationally. Today it ranks #409, 24 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Hannah to Annalise
The story of Annalise
German-speaking Europe had a long habit of fusing a girl's two baptismal names into a single word, and Anna plus Liese was among the most productive of these pairings, giving Anneliese, Annelies, Annelise and Annelie. The type flourished in Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia through the first half of the twentieth century; Anne Frank, born in Frankfurt in 1929, was registered as Annelies Marie. English speakers who met the name later smoothed the German spelling toward what their own eyes expected, and Annalise is the version that settled in American records — the same name, re-clothed. The German pronunciation puts four syllables where the American puts three.
Meaning
a blend of Anna ('grace, favor') and Liese, short for Elisabeth
Anna comes through Greek and Latin from Hebrew Hannah, 'grace' or 'favor'; Liese is the German short form of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva. Compound names like this were built for sound as much as for sense, so the two meanings sit side by side rather than combining into one phrase.
How the name formed
- Hannah
- Anna
- Anna + LieseElisabeth
- Anneliese
- Annalise
Related forms: Anneliese · Annelies · Annelise · Annelie · Anne-Lise · Annalisa
Pronouncing Annalise
AN-uh-leess
Also widely said AN-uh-leez, with a z. Both are accepted in the US and neither is a correction of the other; the German Anneliese runs ah-nuh-LEE-zuh, with the stress further back.
Nicknames for Annalise
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 2016825 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #385reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- +12.2%764 in 2025, from 681
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annalise in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anneliese in German — same name
- Annelies in Dutch — same name
- Annelise in Danish, Norwegian — spelling variant
- Annelie in Swedish — related form
- Anne-Lise in French — same name
- Annalisa in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Annalises among us
people named Annalise are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,104 born in 2025 was named Annalise
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annalise
- #409
- Annalise on the 2025 chart
- #345
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annalise went to 764 girls in 2025, but Analise, Annalyse and Analyse and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 887, which makes it the 345th most-given girls’ name of the year — 64 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 1,812 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,104 for Annalise itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Yasmine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annalise's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yasmine climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yasmine's path sketches the road Annalise is walking now.
Annalise sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Annalise is headed
Annalise should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Annalise beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annalise in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Built from two names almost everyone already knows, Anna and Lise, so the parts are legible even when the whole spelling is new to someone.
- Short forms come free at both ends — Anna, Annie, Lise, Ally — with no need to invent one.
- Recognizable in German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and French in closely related spellings, which travels well across families and borders.
- Familiar to American ears from a lead character in a 2010s network legal drama who carried this exact spelling.
- On US records for decades without a boom-and-bust curve, so it reads as neither newly coined nor dated.
- The spelling is genuinely contested: Annalise, Annelise, Anneliese, Analise and Annaliese all exist in real use. Expect to spell it aloud often, and expect forms to come back with the wrong vowel in the middle.
- Two pronunciations circulate, ending in -leess and in -leez. Neither is wrong, so she will spend a lifetime giving her preference — a small, easily handled correction rather than a burden.
- Because Anna sits at the front, many people will shorten it there by default. Worth knowing if you love the full three syllables and want them used.
- Most people carrying this name in the US are still young, so it currently reads as a name for children rather than one shared across generations.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annalises are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,000 people named Annalise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annalise?
- Annalise is the most-used spelling in US records — 764 of the 887 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Analise, Annalyse, Analyse and Annalice.
- How popular is the name Annalise in 2025?
- Annalise ranks #409 among US girl names in 2025, with 764 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annalise?
- About 1 in every 2,104 US girls born in 2025 was named Annalise — 764 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annalise with classmates?
- Annalise will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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