Lee

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #725 for boys in 2025, 366 births
Given to boys 78.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#39
1900 · 675 births
Debut · boys
1880
361 births
In top 100 · boys
76 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
233,627
since 1880

Lee over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #183, 1955peak #39, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221#725366
2024#5,14825#716370
2023#5,24824#705377
2022#5,02826#698379
2021#7,25015#700378
2020#4,64828#768313
2019#5,98620#783297
2018#5,00726#689352
2017#5,82121#681369
2016#4,34533#664390
2015#5,45824#677375
2014#5,62523#703350
2013#4,75529#668361
2012#5,89522#662357
2011#6,33520#669353
2010#4,60831#676353
2009#4,93129#658374
2008#7,40817#670361
2007#6,09322#635382
2006#4,81129#610391
2005#5,60022#589384
2004#3,44443#557412
2003#3,34743#556403
2002#3,28342#516439
2001#2,66356#464513
2000#2,30667#469502
1999#1,94081#449510
1998#1,78987#403607
1997#1,98372#388615
1996#1,62594#343721
1995#1,522102#330774
1994#1,341125#297917
1993#1,126159#284989
1992#1,131156#2551,128
1991#1,106162#2291,300
1990#955197#2131,450
1989#816232#1881,545
1988#707269#1561,785
1987#744243#1541,811
1986#646286#1451,932
1985#610310#1422,005
1984#533360#1242,164
1983#513373#1381,917
1982#444485#1232,205
1981#414532#1232,215
1980#364652#1252,209
1979#363622#1292,078
1978#413490#1331,980
1977#377561#1332,014
1976#386532#1381,873
1975#360585#1371,858
1974#356608#1242,115
1973#336658#1232,106
1972#332691#1252,260
1971#308873#1282,472
1970#298970#1182,790
1969#2571,134#1182,762
1968#2391,160#1062,868
1967#2481,140#1032,960
1966#2411,211#1062,965
1965#2371,300#1162,772
1964#2481,272#1173,037
1963#2251,479#1193,016
1962#2331,380#1153,263
1961#2221,493#1223,127
1960#2181,531#1163,430
1959#2131,549#1153,509
1958#2001,696#1143,514
1957#1921,834#1053,588
1956#1841,937#1043,511
1955#1831,816#963,607
1954#2161,357#963,566
1953#2551,015#933,583
1952#256948#923,655
1951#259891#923,682
1950#268818#913,611
1949#270818#933,562
1948#264842#933,445
1947#254857#923,676
1946#248807#913,346
1945#257687#872,942
1944#280600#852,929
1943#284597#912,789
1942#282583#872,923
1941#283520#812,742
1940#283492#802,624
1939#286477#782,589
1938#296450#802,575
1937#297438#782,499
1936#292439#762,418
1935#280474#802,426
1934#306422#792,378
1933#310403#792,301
1932#293457#852,284
1931#302446#902,123
1930#308465#822,361
1929#308474#852,209
1928#291513#872,282
1927#302490#862,390
1926#285542#852,313
1925#292531#822,537
1924#303488#832,420
1923#289494#852,359
1922#291496#832,371
1921#303459#862,354
1920#281543#822,321
1919#289484#822,189
1918#281507#862,159
1917#281479#852,004
1916#275475#832,016
1915#279445#841,916
1914#254405#841,451
1913#272294#781,228
1912#253312#781,030
1911#244258#67646
1910#256224#49741
1909#256196#52584
1908#246197#51553
1907#244192#54516
1906#270150#57436
1905#251165#49486
1904#267139#45532
1903#297110#45477
1902#269134#46475
1901#30595#45424
1900#277138#39675
1899#30494#50388
1898#291111#46498
1897#29097#47453
1896#34073#48455
1895#28298#47478
1894#30183#45455
1893#33266#46445
1892#32668#46460
1891#30268#52342
1890#33258#43410
1889#27177#46415
1888#30561#48430
1887#27360#44400
1886#35237#47399
1885#29446#50348
1884#27748#43435
1883#24155#43388
1882#26543#41427
1881#25739#44342
1880#29428#43361
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Lee is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #81 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 321 boysAKMaine: #92 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 521 boysMEVermont: #114 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 647 boysVTNew Hampshire: #111 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 762 boysNHWashington: #99 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 442 boysWAIdaho: #134 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 623 boysIDMontana: #93 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 380 boysMTNorth Dakota: #74 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 351 boysNDMinnesota: #83 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 438 boysMNIllinois: #127 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 733 boysILWisconsin: #75 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 385 boysWIMichigan: #111 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 621 boysMINew York: #116 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 757 boysNYMassachusetts: #101 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 922 boysMARhode Island: #117 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,127 boysRIOregon: #119 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 623 boysORNevada: #90 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 360 boysNVWyoming: #152 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 676 boysWYSouth Dakota: #75 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 341 boysSDIowa: #96 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 512 boysIAIndiana: #131 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 775 boysINOhio: #126 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 769 boysOHPennsylvania: #108 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 658 boysPANew Jersey: #122 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 875 boysNJConnecticut: #135 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,070 boysCTCalifornia: #136 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 673 boysCAUtah: #139 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 675 boysUTColorado: #137 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 688 boysCONebraska: #97 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 526 boysNEMissouri: #137 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 776 boysMOKentucky: #126 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 755 boysKYWest Virginia: #139 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 824 boysWVVirginia: #152 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 861 boysVAMaryland: #125 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 745 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lee, so not publishedDEArizona: #135 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 586 boysAZNew Mexico: #144 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 653 boysNMKansas: #118 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 620 boysKSArkansas: #76 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 327 boysARTennessee: #114 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 627 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 573 boysNCSouth Carolina: #84 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 342 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #149 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 827 boysDCOklahoma: #122 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 594 boysOKLouisiana: #99 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 418 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 242 boysMSAlabama: #81 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 371 boysALGeorgia: #105 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 482 boysGAHawaii: #116 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 428 boysHITexas: #124 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 538 boysTXFlorida: #102 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 469 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#57 · 1 in 242
  2. North Dakota#74 · 1 in 351
  3. South Dakota#75 · 1 in 341
  4. Wisconsin#75 · 1 in 385
  5. Arkansas#76 · 1 in 327

Best ever in a state: #14 in Nevada, 1931.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#571111 in 242
North Dakota#74211 in 351
South Dakota#75231 in 341
Wisconsin#751251 in 385
Arkansas#76591 in 327
Alabama#811021 in 371
Alaska#81101 in 321
Minnesota#83971 in 438
South Carolina#84831 in 342
Nevada#9081 in 360
Maine#92211 in 521
Montana#93201 in 380
Iowa#96611 in 512
Nebraska#97311 in 526
Louisiana#991011 in 418
Washington#99701 in 442
Massachusetts#101621 in 922
Florida#1021171 in 469
Georgia#1051001 in 482
Pennsylvania#1081821 in 658
Michigan#1111521 in 621
New Hampshire#11181 in 762
North Carolina#112911 in 573
Tennessee#114631 in 627
Vermont#11461 in 647
Hawaii#116171 in 428
New York#1162371 in 757
Rhode Island#11781 in 1,127
Kansas#118371 in 620
Oregon#119291 in 623
New Jersey#122711 in 875
Oklahoma#122401 in 594
Texas#1242281 in 538
Maryland#125441 in 745
Kentucky#126471 in 755
Ohio#1261461 in 769
Illinois#1271581 in 733
Indiana#131701 in 775
Idaho#134121 in 623
Arizona#135291 in 586
Connecticut#135251 in 1,070
California#1362761 in 673
Colorado#137311 in 688
Missouri#137631 in 776
Utah#139181 in 675
West Virginia#139231 in 824
New Mexico#144211 in 653
District of Columbia#149181 in 827
Virginia#152491 in 861
Wyoming#15251 in 676
Delaware———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lee
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1900 at #39 (675 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 119 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 76 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 223
  • Highest: 1 in 223 boys born in 1900 were named Lee (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,667 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.3% of all boys named Lee (35,826) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,945#41 (1882)#45
1890s4,384#43 (1890)#47
1900s5,158#39 (1900)#48
1910s15,380#49 (1910)#78
1920s23,556#82 (1925)#84
1930s23,954#76 (1936)#81
1940s30,978#80 (1940)#88
1950s35,826#91 (1950)#100
1960s30,200#103 (1967)#114
1970s21,546#118 (1970)#129
1980s19,788#123 (1981)#142
1990s9,011#213 (1990)#319
2000s4,161#464 (2001)#572
2010s3,557#662 (2012)#687
2020s2,183#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 1960

girls
#218
1,531 births · 1 in 1,321 girls
boys
#116
3,430 births · 1 in 622 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #218Lee1,531

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #116Lee3,430
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,321 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.0% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #215Debora1,553
  2. #216Natalie1,550
  3. #217Tanya1,540
  4. #218Lee1,531
  5. #219Chris1,509
  6. #220Gayle1,493
  7. #221Annie1,478
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 622 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #113Leonard3,639
  2. #114Frederick3,477
  3. #115Don3,454
  4. #116Lee3,430
  5. #117Fred3,396
  6. #118Jonathan3,343
  7. #119Marvin3,278
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →