Annalee is an American combination of Anna, the Hebrew name that means "grace", and Lee, an English surname meaning "meadow" or "clearing". Double names of this kind have a long tradition in the American South, and Annalee reads as a smoother, single-word version of Anna Lee. The name entered the US top 1000 in 2012, peaked at number 891 in 2016, dropped out again in 2019 and ranks 1204 in 2025.