Girls' name · peaked in 2021

Annalise name popularity since 1925

17,165 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Annalise. Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Annalise is about 12 years old in 2026. Annalise peaked in 2021 as the #385 name for girls, and it ranked #409 in 2025.

Key facts

US babies since 1925
17,165
Named Annalise, 1925–2025
Peak year
2021
#385 for girls that year
Typical age
About 12
Median birth year 2014
In 2025
#409
for girls in 2025 (764 babies)
Girls / boys
100.0% girls
17,165 girls · 0 boys
Most popular in
Colorado
1.95× its national share

Peak year is the year Annalise made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Annalise births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Annalise per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 2016. Measured as a share of all babies, Annalise peaked in 2021.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Annalise became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 17,600 baby girls to 1 in 7,740.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Annalise's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Annalise.

Decade by decade

Babies named Annalise in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade Girls Rank
1925–29 0 –
1930s 0 Under 5
1940s 0 Under 5
1950s 0 Under 5
1960s 18 #5,305
1970s 103 #5,177
1980s 391 #2,442
1990s 1,470 #1,301
2000s 3,861 #656
2010s 6,887 #411
2020–25 4,435 #409

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

56.1% of babies named Annalise from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:

Annalise by generation Gen X born 1965–80 0.8% Millennials born 1981–96 7.1% Gen Z born 1997–2012 36.0% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 56.1%

Where Annalise is most popular

The index compares Annalise's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Annalise.

StateIndexBabies
Colorado1.95×372
Florida1.77×989
Arizona1.75×350
Washington1.65×426
Louisiana1.31×363

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Annalise and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

SpellingGirlsPeak year
Annalise (this page) 17,165 2021
Annelise 6,523 2025
Annaliese 4,944 2005
Analise 4,592 2009
Annalyse 1,817 2013

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Annalise's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Annalise.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Annalise (2021).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data