girl's name

Anneliese

  • Origin German
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,336

Scotland

#695

2010 births

Anneliese is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 188 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Anneliese is a name of German origin.
  • Peaked in 2005, when 272 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 17,635 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1926.

Anneliese over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,722
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anneliese by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 31
1930s 30
1940s 23
1950s 90
1960s 198
1970s 270
1980s 373
1990s 706
2000s 1,692
2010s 1,722
2020s (to 2025) 808

How popular is Anneliese?

In 2025, Anneliese was given to 188 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Anneliese is used

Scotland #695 4 in 2010
Ireland #921 3 in 2007
United States #1,208 188 in 2025
England & Wales #2,336 12 in 2025
Canada #2,532 8 in 2024
France #5,235 5 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Anneliese

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anneliese also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anneliese over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Anneliese in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Annalisa
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Annaliese Aneliese

Sibling names for Anneliese

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anneliese — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anneliese

How popular is the name Anneliese?

In 2025, Anneliese was given to 188 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Anneliese is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anneliese most popular?

Anneliese peaked in 2005, when 272 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Anneliese a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anneliese currently ranks #1,208 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.