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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #68 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 273 boysAKMaine: #79 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 428 boysMEVermont: #58 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 283 boysVTNew Hampshire: #75 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 443 boysNHWashington: #105 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 501 boysWAIdaho: #121 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 536 boysIDMontana: #151 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 712 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 235 boysNDMinnesota: #77 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 387 boysMNIllinois: #139 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 822 boysILWisconsin: #69 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 417 boysWIMichigan: #94 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 600 boysMINew York: #113 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 799 boysNYMassachusetts: #90 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 760 boysMARhode Island: #90 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 711 boysRIOregon: #111 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 574 boysORNevada: #77 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 336 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #87 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 372 boysSDIowa: #91 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 480 boysIAIndiana: #103 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 610 boysINOhio: #106 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 695 boysOHPennsylvania: #94 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 647 boysPANew Jersey: #114 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 798 boysNJConnecticut: #89 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 624 boysCTCalifornia: #156 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 857 boysCAUtah: #110 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 498 boysUTColorado: #105 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 524 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 443 boysNEMissouri: #111 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 641 boysMOKentucky: #100 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 603 boysKYWest Virginia: #149 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,056 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 688 boysVAMaryland: #149 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,027 boysMDDelaware: #79 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 470 boysDEArizona: #143 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 689 boysAZNew Mexico: #116 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 550 boysNMKansas: #115 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 595 boysKSArkansas: #59 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 257 boysARTennessee: #91 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 486 boysTNNorth Carolina: #81 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 422 boysNCSouth Carolina: #95 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 447 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #150 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 847 boysDCOklahoma: #112 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 572 boysOKLouisiana: #96 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 424 boysLAMississippi: #60 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 258 boysMSAlabama: #76 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 341 boysALGeorgia: #101 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 476 boysGAHawaii: #136 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 586 boysHITexas: #104 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 439 boysTXFlorida: #111 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 558 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#58 · 1 in 283
  2. Arkansas#59 · 1 in 257
  3. Mississippi#60 · 1 in 258
  4. North Dakota#63 · 1 in 235
  5. Alaska#68 · 1 in 273

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#58111 in 283
Arkansas#59581 in 257
Mississippi#60781 in 258
North Dakota#63211 in 235
Alaska#68101 in 273
Wisconsin#69851 in 417
New Hampshire#75121 in 443
Alabama#76851 in 341
Minnesota#77801 in 387
Nevada#77101 in 336
Delaware#7991 in 470
Maine#79181 in 428
North Carolina#811031 in 422
South Dakota#87131 in 372
Connecticut#89361 in 624
Massachusetts#90601 in 760
Rhode Island#90101 in 711
Iowa#91471 in 480
Nebraska#91251 in 443
Tennessee#91671 in 486
Michigan#941271 in 600
Pennsylvania#941401 in 647
South Carolina#95501 in 447
Louisiana#96811 in 424
Kentucky#100451 in 603
Georgia#101861 in 476
Indiana#103721 in 610
Texas#1042331 in 439
Colorado#105341 in 524
Washington#105531 in 501
Ohio#1061301 in 695
Utah#110211 in 498
Florida#111851 in 558
Missouri#111571 in 641
Oregon#111261 in 574
Oklahoma#112321 in 572
New York#1131851 in 799
New Jersey#114661 in 798
Kansas#115261 in 595
New Mexico#116161 in 550
Virginia#117531 in 688
Idaho#121101 in 536
Hawaii#136101 in 586
Illinois#1391111 in 822
Arizona#143211 in 689
Maryland#149271 in 1,027
West Virginia#149131 in 1,056
District of Columbia#150141 in 847
Montana#15171 in 712
California#1561951 in 857
Wyoming———

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 1968

girls
#239
1,160 births · 1 in 1,414 girls
boys
#106
2,868 births · 1 in 606 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #239Lee1,160

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #106Lee2,868
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 1,414 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.1% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #236Ginger1,191
  2. #237Candace1,179
  3. #238Irene1,173
  4. #239Lee1,160
  5. #240Darla1,152
  6. #241Tonia1,148
  7. #242Marcia1,144
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 606 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.8% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #103Albert2,918
  2. #104Chad2,917
  3. #105Brett2,901
  4. #106Lee2,868
  5. #107Barry2,854
  6. #108Harold2,835
  7. #109Louis2,709
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →