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 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 66,858 of them was named Lee, which outranked 70.2% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,126Zahraa25
- #5,126Zanaya25
- #5,126Zenovia25
- #5,248Lee24
- #5,248Addelynn24
- #5,248Adison24
- #5,248Ahmari24
- #5,390Aaleyah23
- #5,390Abella23
- #5,390Abygail23
Tied with 141 names at #5,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 4,537 of them was named Lee, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.