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Anneliese

Gender
Girl
Say it
AN-a-lees
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,207 for girls

Anneliese is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace + God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,207th for girls in the US (188 babies).

What does Anneliese mean?

Hebrew: German blend of Anna and Liese

“grace + God is my oath”

Anne Frank's full first name was Annelies, a form of this German combination of Anna and Liese (Elisabeth).

Is Anneliese a girl's or a boy's name?

Anneliese is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 188 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Anneliese in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Anneliese, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 30 girls.

2025 had more girls named Anneliese than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Anneliese in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Anneliese or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 30 in 20132025
Anneliese in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
20247#3,381
202311#2,481
202211#2,450
202110#2,658
202011#2,407
20197#3,340
201812#2,320
201711#2,485
201619#1,724
20155#4,294
201424#1,418
201330#1,218
201217#1,828
201115#1,917
201017#1,757
200928#1,179
200816#1,745
200722#1,327
200614#1,764
200524#1,128
200418#1,342
200315#1,492
200212#1,649
200116#1,325
200013#1,502
199920#1,103
199811#1,694
19975#2,896
19967#2,201

How popular is Anneliese in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,207among girls
Babies in 2025
188about 1 in 8,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 188 girls in the US were named Anneliese, making it the 1,207th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,578th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 272 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Anneliese than any year since 2015.

Half of all the girls named Anneliese in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 367 girls in the US were given Anneliese or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #741, up from #1,207 for this spelling alone.

1926Busiest: 272 in 20052025
Anneliese in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025188#1,207
2024158#1,414
2023103#1,922
202295#2,034
2021131#1,600
2020133#1,578
2019115#1,773
2018119#1,727
2017148#1,495
2016153#1,492
2015196#1,247
2014219#1,140
2013220#1,105
2012190#1,264
2011167#1,372
2010195#1,234
2009181#1,328
2008195#1,274
2007192#1,277
2006246#1,042
2005272#914
2004182#1,219
2003106#1,768
2002114#1,623
2001109#1,658
200095#1,813
199986#1,841
199880#1,896
199775#1,924
199698#1,581
199566#2,047
199467#2,054
199349#2,528
199257#2,290
199168#2,008
199060#2,148
198946#2,473
198843#2,484
198741#2,491
198650#2,115
198538#2,544
198428#3,068
198328#2,974
198236#2,581
198141#2,375
198022#3,609
197932#2,724
197832#2,629
197734#2,515
197633#2,439
197521#3,259
197425#2,835
197319#3,341
197220#3,177
197126#2,736
197028#2,577
196925#2,645
196827#2,360
196718#2,963
196620#2,751
196523#2,537
196422#2,674
196314#3,457
196215#3,292
196118#2,956
196016#3,094
195916#2,979
195819#2,662
195713#3,308
195611#3,695
19557#4,739
19549#3,965
19538#4,225
19527#4,482
19510–
19500–
19490–
19485#5,241
19475#5,293
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19426#4,122
19417#3,557
19400–
19390–
19385#4,340
19370–
19360–
19356#3,740
19348#3,157
19330–
19325#4,409
19316#3,846
19300–
19295#4,568
19287#3,741
192710#3,051
19269#3,268

Nicknames for Anneliese

Names like Anneliese

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Anneliese

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Anneliese: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anneliese, updated 20 October 2026.