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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #90 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 408 boysAKMaine: #86 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 451 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #129 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,011 boysNHWashington: #119 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 778 boysWAIdaho: #118 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 611 boysIDMontana: #90 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 446 boysMTNorth Dakota: #83 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 407 boysNDMinnesota: #93 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 662 boysMNIllinois: #142 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 919 boysILWisconsin: #85 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 518 boysWIMichigan: #113 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 783 boysMINew York: #125 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 804 boysNYMassachusetts: #100 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 740 boysMARhode Island: #135 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,101 boysRIOregon: #127 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 827 boysORNevada: #113 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 660 boysNVWyoming: #137 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 785 boysWYSouth Dakota: #67 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 299 boysSDIowa: #110 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 684 boysIAIndiana: #112 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 852 boysINOhio: #111 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 777 boysOHPennsylvania: #97 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 649 boysPANew Jersey: #175 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,257 boysNJConnecticut: #117 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 757 boysCTCalifornia: #209 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 1,265 boysCAUtah: #157 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,017 boysUTColorado: #143 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 912 boysCONebraska: #96 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 552 boysNEMissouri: #143 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,099 boysMOKentucky: #133 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,004 boysKYWest Virginia: #116 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 776 boysWVVirginia: #138 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 869 boysVAMaryland: #144 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 900 boysMDDelaware: #129 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 758 boysDEArizona: #157 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 804 boysAZNew Mexico: #168 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 868 boysNMKansas: #116 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 689 boysKSArkansas: #105 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 541 boysARTennessee: #106 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 609 boysTNNorth Carolina: #89 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 505 boysNCSouth Carolina: #122 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 632 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #227 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,313 boysDCOklahoma: #140 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 883 boysOKLouisiana: #103 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 494 boysLAMississippi: #91 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 400 boysMSAlabama: #95 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 499 boysALGeorgia: #115 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 606 boysGAHawaii: #74 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 364 boysHITexas: #157 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 780 boysTXFlorida: #122 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 687 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#67 · 1 in 299
  2. Hawaii#74 · 1 in 364
  3. North Dakota#83 · 1 in 407
  4. Wisconsin#85 · 1 in 518
  5. Maine#86 · 1 in 451

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#67191 in 299
Hawaii#74191 in 364
North Dakota#83141 in 407
Wisconsin#85681 in 518
Maine#86161 in 451
North Carolina#89761 in 505
Alaska#9091 in 408
Montana#90131 in 446
Mississippi#91501 in 400
Minnesota#93491 in 662
Alabama#95551 in 499
Nebraska#96231 in 552
Pennsylvania#971181 in 649
Massachusetts#100471 in 740
Louisiana#103741 in 494
Arkansas#105301 in 541
Tennessee#106551 in 609
Iowa#110331 in 684
Ohio#1111051 in 777
Indiana#112491 in 852
Michigan#113861 in 783
Nevada#11381 in 660
Georgia#115681 in 606
Kansas#116261 in 689
West Virginia#116181 in 776
Connecticut#117231 in 757
Idaho#118141 in 611
Washington#119401 in 778
Florida#122871 in 687
South Carolina#122341 in 632
New York#1251401 in 804
Oregon#127241 in 827
Delaware#12951 in 758
New Hampshire#12961 in 1,011
Kentucky#133281 in 1,004
Rhode Island#13551 in 1,101
Wyoming#13751 in 785
Virginia#138391 in 869
Oklahoma#140261 in 883
Illinois#142941 in 919
Colorado#143251 in 912
Missouri#143341 in 1,099
Maryland#144261 in 900
Arizona#157281 in 804
Texas#1571711 in 780
Utah#157191 in 1,017
New Mexico#168131 in 868
New Jersey#175341 in 1,257
California#2091521 in 1,265
District of Columbia#22761 in 1,313
Vermont———

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 1980

girls
#364
652 births · 1 in 2,546 girls
boys
#125
2,209 births · 1 in 808 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #364Lee652

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #125Lee2,209
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 2,546 of them was named Lee, which outranked 97.0% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #361Cecilia654
  2. #362Darlene653
  3. #362Kasey653
  4. #364Lee652
  5. #365Caitlin646
  6. #366Sophia641
  7. #367Patrice639
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 808 of them was named Lee, which outranked 98.3% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lee
  1. #122Ricky2,232
  2. #123Martin2,227
  3. #124Allen2,210
  4. #125Lee2,209
  5. #126Jimmy2,205
  6. #127Jon2,177
  7. #127Miguel2,177
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →