Lee
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #725 for boys in 2025, 366 births
Given to boys 78.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 675 births
- Debut · boys
- 361 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 76 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 233,627since 1880
Lee over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | #725 | 366 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #716 | 370 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #705 | 377 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #698 | 379 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #700 | 378 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | #768 | 313 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #783 | 297 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #689 | 352 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #681 | 369 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #664 | 390 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #677 | 375 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | #703 | 350 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #668 | 361 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #662 | 357 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | #669 | 353 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #676 | 353 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #658 | 374 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #670 | 361 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 | #635 | 382 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | #610 | 391 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #589 | 384 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 | #557 | 412 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #556 | 403 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 | #516 | 439 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 | #464 | 513 |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | #469 | 502 |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | #449 | 510 |
| 1998 | #1,789 | 87 | #403 | 607 |
| 1997 | #1,983 | 72 | #388 | 615 |
| 1996 | #1,625 | 94 | #343 | 721 |
| 1995 | #1,522 | 102 | #330 | 774 |
| 1994 | #1,341 | 125 | #297 | 917 |
| 1993 | #1,126 | 159 | #284 | 989 |
| 1992 | #1,131 | 156 | #255 | 1,128 |
| 1991 | #1,106 | 162 | #229 | 1,300 |
| 1990 | #955 | 197 | #213 | 1,450 |
| 1989 | #816 | 232 | #188 | 1,545 |
| 1988 | #707 | 269 | #156 | 1,785 |
| 1987 | #744 | 243 | #154 | 1,811 |
| 1986 | #646 | 286 | #145 | 1,932 |
| 1985 | #610 | 310 | #142 | 2,005 |
| 1984 | #533 | 360 | #124 | 2,164 |
| 1983 | #513 | 373 | #138 | 1,917 |
| 1982 | #444 | 485 | #123 | 2,205 |
| 1981 | #414 | 532 | #123 | 2,215 |
| 1980 | #364 | 652 | #125 | 2,209 |
| 1979 | #363 | 622 | #129 | 2,078 |
| 1978 | #413 | 490 | #133 | 1,980 |
| 1977 | #377 | 561 | #133 | 2,014 |
| 1976 | #386 | 532 | #138 | 1,873 |
| 1975 | #360 | 585 | #137 | 1,858 |
| 1974 | #356 | 608 | #124 | 2,115 |
| 1973 | #336 | 658 | #123 | 2,106 |
| 1972 | #332 | 691 | #125 | 2,260 |
| 1971 | #308 | 873 | #128 | 2,472 |
| 1970 | #298 | 970 | #118 | 2,790 |
| 1969 | #257 | 1,134 | #118 | 2,762 |
| 1968 | #239 | 1,160 | #106 | 2,868 |
| 1967 | #248 | 1,140 | #103 | 2,960 |
| 1966 | #241 | 1,211 | #106 | 2,965 |
| 1965 | #237 | 1,300 | #116 | 2,772 |
| 1964 | #248 | 1,272 | #117 | 3,037 |
| 1963 | #225 | 1,479 | #119 | 3,016 |
| 1962 | #233 | 1,380 | #115 | 3,263 |
| 1961 | #222 | 1,493 | #122 | 3,127 |
| 1960 | #218 | 1,531 | #116 | 3,430 |
| 1959 | #213 | 1,549 | #115 | 3,509 |
| 1958 | #200 | 1,696 | #114 | 3,514 |
| 1957 | #192 | 1,834 | #105 | 3,588 |
| 1956 | #184 | 1,937 | #104 | 3,511 |
| 1955 | #183 | 1,816 | #96 | 3,607 |
| 1954 | #216 | 1,357 | #96 | 3,566 |
| 1953 | #255 | 1,015 | #93 | 3,583 |
| 1952 | #256 | 948 | #92 | 3,655 |
| 1951 | #259 | 891 | #92 | 3,682 |
| 1950 | #268 | 818 | #91 | 3,611 |
| 1949 | #270 | 818 | #93 | 3,562 |
| 1948 | #264 | 842 | #93 | 3,445 |
| 1947 | #254 | 857 | #92 | 3,676 |
| 1946 | #248 | 807 | #91 | 3,346 |
| 1945 | #257 | 687 | #87 | 2,942 |
| 1944 | #280 | 600 | #85 | 2,929 |
| 1943 | #284 | 597 | #91 | 2,789 |
| 1942 | #282 | 583 | #87 | 2,923 |
| 1941 | #283 | 520 | #81 | 2,742 |
| 1940 | #283 | 492 | #80 | 2,624 |
| 1939 | #286 | 477 | #78 | 2,589 |
| 1938 | #296 | 450 | #80 | 2,575 |
| 1937 | #297 | 438 | #78 | 2,499 |
| 1936 | #292 | 439 | #76 | 2,418 |
| 1935 | #280 | 474 | #80 | 2,426 |
| 1934 | #306 | 422 | #79 | 2,378 |
| 1933 | #310 | 403 | #79 | 2,301 |
| 1932 | #293 | 457 | #85 | 2,284 |
| 1931 | #302 | 446 | #90 | 2,123 |
| 1930 | #308 | 465 | #82 | 2,361 |
| 1929 | #308 | 474 | #85 | 2,209 |
| 1928 | #291 | 513 | #87 | 2,282 |
| 1927 | #302 | 490 | #86 | 2,390 |
| 1926 | #285 | 542 | #85 | 2,313 |
| 1925 | #292 | 531 | #82 | 2,537 |
| 1924 | #303 | 488 | #83 | 2,420 |
| 1923 | #289 | 494 | #85 | 2,359 |
| 1922 | #291 | 496 | #83 | 2,371 |
| 1921 | #303 | 459 | #86 | 2,354 |
| 1920 | #281 | 543 | #82 | 2,321 |
| 1919 | #289 | 484 | #82 | 2,189 |
| 1918 | #281 | 507 | #86 | 2,159 |
| 1917 | #281 | 479 | #85 | 2,004 |
| 1916 | #275 | 475 | #83 | 2,016 |
| 1915 | #279 | 445 | #84 | 1,916 |
| 1914 | #254 | 405 | #84 | 1,451 |
| 1913 | #272 | 294 | #78 | 1,228 |
| 1912 | #253 | 312 | #78 | 1,030 |
| 1911 | #244 | 258 | #67 | 646 |
| 1910 | #256 | 224 | #49 | 741 |
| 1909 | #256 | 196 | #52 | 584 |
| 1908 | #246 | 197 | #51 | 553 |
| 1907 | #244 | 192 | #54 | 516 |
| 1906 | #270 | 150 | #57 | 436 |
| 1905 | #251 | 165 | #49 | 486 |
| 1904 | #267 | 139 | #45 | 532 |
| 1903 | #297 | 110 | #45 | 477 |
| 1902 | #269 | 134 | #46 | 475 |
| 1901 | #305 | 95 | #45 | 424 |
| 1900 | #277 | 138 | #39 | 675 |
| 1899 | #304 | 94 | #50 | 388 |
| 1898 | #291 | 111 | #46 | 498 |
| 1897 | #290 | 97 | #47 | 453 |
| 1896 | #340 | 73 | #48 | 455 |
| 1895 | #282 | 98 | #47 | 478 |
| 1894 | #301 | 83 | #45 | 455 |
| 1893 | #332 | 66 | #46 | 445 |
| 1892 | #326 | 68 | #46 | 460 |
| 1891 | #302 | 68 | #52 | 342 |
| 1890 | #332 | 58 | #43 | 410 |
| 1889 | #271 | 77 | #46 | 415 |
| 1888 | #305 | 61 | #48 | 430 |
| 1887 | #273 | 60 | #44 | 400 |
| 1886 | #352 | 37 | #47 | 399 |
| 1885 | #294 | 46 | #50 | 348 |
| 1884 | #277 | 48 | #43 | 435 |
| 1883 | #241 | 55 | #43 | 388 |
| 1882 | #265 | 43 | #41 | 427 |
| 1881 | #257 | 39 | #44 | 342 |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | #43 | 361 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lee was already there! It came in at #43, and was given to 361 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2025, when fewer than 440 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lee
- 9 spots since 2024 (#716 → #725)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#768 → #725)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#677 → #725)
- Biggest jump: 68 spots in 2021 (#768 → #700)
- Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2019 (#689 → #783)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #39 (675 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 119 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 223 boys born in 1900 were named Lee (0.45%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,667 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 15.3% of all boys named Lee (35,826) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,945 | #41 (1882) | #45 |
| 1890s | 4,384 | #43 (1890) | #47 |
| 1900s | 5,158 | #39 (1900) | #48 |
| 1910s | 15,380 | #49 (1910) | #78 |
| 1920s | 23,556 | #82 (1925) | #84 |
| 1930s | 23,954 | #76 (1936) | #81 |
| 1940s | 30,978 | #80 (1940) | #88 |
| 1950s | 35,826 | #91 (1950) | #100 |
| 1960s | 30,200 | #103 (1967) | #114 |
| 1970s | 21,546 | #118 (1970) | #129 |
| 1980s | 19,788 | #123 (1981) | #142 |
| 1990s | 9,011 | #213 (1990) | #319 |
| 2000s | 4,161 | #464 (2001) | #572 |
| 2010s | 3,557 | #662 (2012) | #687 |
| 2020s | 2,183 | #698 (2022) | #719 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lee in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 65,426 of them was named Lee, which outranked 72.4% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,889Wrenlee27
- #4,889Yaneth27
- #4,889Zaia27
- #5,007Lee26
- #5,007Aariah26
- #5,007Abree26
- #5,007Adalin26
- #5,152Aamira25
- #5,152Abigaelle25
- #5,152Aelin25
Tied with 144 names at #5,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 5,160 of them was named Lee, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.