Anneli

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anneli: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anneli: Recorded since 1959, it reached #225 in 1985, and it stood at #493 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2013	#4739
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 63 of the 67 years from 1959 to 2025.

In 2018: #472 among girls in Norway, #5666 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1959–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #406 among girls in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1959–2025
Highest recorded position: #225 among girls in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1959–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #493 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Anneli appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 63 years beginning in 1959, and has registered 638 births with the name.

Anneli across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anneli's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#406 (1959)	#225 (1985)	#493 (2025)	63 of 67	638 (1959–2025)	22 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2802 (2004)	#5581 (2021)	12 of 25	45 (1997–2021)	6 (2004)

Anneli by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anneli in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	92	9 of 10	10
1970s	96	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	135	10 of 10	14
1990s	110	10 of 10	11
2000s	126	10 of 10	13
2010s	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Anneli appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1985.

Anneli's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#493	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#470	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#472	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#468	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#472	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#420	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#546	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#512	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#447	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#498	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#317	15	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#323	14	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#419	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#286	16	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#409	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#330	12	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#408	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#323	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#319	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#339	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#291	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#324	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#430	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#365	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#261	19	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#630	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#404	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#388	11	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#365	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#283	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#225	21	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#261	17	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#247	19	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#307	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#361	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#353	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#363	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#534	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#368	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#334	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#256	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#372	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#517	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#312	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#361	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#270	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#231	16	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#308	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#383	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#266	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#406	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1959 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Annelise · #187, 63y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Torben · #231, 60y
Asta · #217, 65y
Abdullahi · #245, 66y
Abdi · #247, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Adnan · #225, 65y
Eskild · #225, 54y
Said · #225, 68y
Adriana · #226, 60y

Anneli was ranked #225 in Norway · Girls in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anneli and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anneli without appearing here.

Anneli moved ahead of

Gerd Compare
In 1991 they stood at #630 and #402 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #261 and #593.
Wenche Compare
In 1995 they stood at #324 and #310 in Norway · Girls; by 1996 that had become #291 and #612.
Barbara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #430 and #399 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #324 and #615.
Susan Compare
In 1991 they stood at #630 and #332 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #261 and #523.

Moved ahead of Anneli

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1573.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2802 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Natalie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #225 and #312 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #541 and #185.
Oda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #225 and #254 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #541 and #194.

Moved the opposite way to Anneli

Hedda Compare
Between 1963 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Anneli went from #266 to #493 while Hedda went from #460 to #10.
Laura Compare
Between 1963 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Anneli went from #266 to #493 while Laura went from #512 to #141.
Vilde Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Anneli went from #308 to #493 while Vilde went from #524 to #32.
Malin Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Anneli went from #231 to #493 while Malin went from #530 to #167.

Moved the same way as Anneli

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneli went from #3824 to #5581 and Abigail from #24 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneli went from #3824 to #5581 and Aimee from #61 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneli went from #3824 to #5581 and Aisling from #496 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneli went from #3824 to #5581 and Alex from #179 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Anneli

Anneli at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anneli across 2 official records

Anneli by decade in Norway · Girls

Anneli appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Anneli and the names beside it

Anneli moved ahead of

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Anneli at a glance

Anneli across 2 official records

Anneli by decade in Norway · Girls

Anneli appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Anneli

Anneli and the names beside it

Anneli moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Anneli

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