Is Lee a boy or girl name?
Lee is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 25 girls and 370 boys were named Lee, so 6.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 21.1% of the 295,534 US babies named Lee were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #714
- Girl rank, 2024
- #5,214
- Babies named Lee since 1880
- 295,534
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 5,446 babies
Boys and girls named Lee, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,945 | 494 | 11.1% |
| 1890s | 4,384 | 816 | 15.7% |
| 1900s | 5,158 | 1,516 | 22.7% |
| 1910s | 15,380 | 3,883 | 20.2% |
| 1920s | 23,556 | 5,030 | 17.6% |
| 1930s | 23,954 | 4,471 | 15.7% |
| 1940s | 30,978 | 6,803 | 18% |
| 1950s | 35,826 | 13,861 | 27.9% |
| 1960s | 30,198 | 13,101 | 30.3% |
| 1970s | 21,549 | 6,589 | 23.4% |
| 1980s | 19,787 | 3,742 | 15.9% |
| 1990s | 9,011 | 1,235 | 12.1% |
| 2000s | 4,161 | 370 | 8.2% |
| 2010s | 3,556 | 249 | 6.5% |
| 2020s | 1,813 | 118 | 6.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 370 | #714 | 25 | #5,214 |
| 2023 | 376 | #706 | 24 | #5,319 |
| 2022 | 377 | #699 | 26 | #5,102 |
| 2021 | 377 | #700 | 15 | #7,486 |
| 2020 | 313 | #769 | 28 | #4,704 |
| 2019 | 297 | #783 | 20 | #6,093 |
| 2018 | 352 | #689 | 26 | #5,088 |
| 2017 | 369 | #681 | 21 | #5,948 |
| 2016 | 390 | #664 | 33 | #4,398 |
| 2015 | 375 | #678 | 24 | #5,585 |
| 2014 | 349 | #703 | 23 | #5,726 |
| 2013 | 361 | #668 | 29 | #4,833 |
| 2012 | 357 | #663 | 22 | #6,024 |
| 2011 | 353 | #670 | 20 | #6,466 |
| 2010 | 353 | #676 | 31 | #4,681 |
| 2009 | 374 | #658 | 29 | #5,026 |
| 2008 | 361 | #671 | 17 | #7,597 |
| 2007 | 382 | #638 | 22 | #6,216 |
| 2006 | 391 | #610 | 29 | #4,896 |
| 2005 | 384 | #590 | 22 | #5,702 |
| 2004 | 412 | #557 | 43 | #3,469 |
| 2003 | 403 | #557 | 43 | #3,396 |
| 2002 | 439 | #517 | 42 | #3,310 |
| 2001 | 513 | #464 | 56 | #2,681 |
| 2000 | 502 | #469 | 67 | #2,322 |
| 1999 | 510 | #449 | 81 | #1,949 |
| 1998 | 607 | #404 | 87 | #1,796 |
| 1997 | 615 | #388 | 72 | #1,997 |
| 1996 | 721 | #343 | 94 | #1,633 |
| 1995 | 774 | #330 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1994 | 917 | #297 | 125 | #1,343 |
| 1993 | 990 | #284 | 159 | #1,126 |
| 1992 | 1,128 | #255 | 156 | #1,136 |
| 1991 | 1,299 | #229 | 162 | #1,111 |
| 1990 | 1,450 | #213 | 197 | #956 |
| 1989 | 1,545 | #188 | 232 | #819 |
| 1988 | 1,784 | #157 | 269 | #707 |
| 1987 | 1,811 | #154 | 243 | #746 |
| 1986 | 1,932 | #145 | 286 | #646 |
| 1985 | 2,006 | #142 | 310 | #610 |
| 1984 | 2,164 | #124 | 360 | #533 |
| 1983 | 1,917 | #138 | 373 | #513 |
| 1982 | 2,204 | #123 | 485 | #444 |
| 1981 | 2,215 | #123 | 532 | #414 |
| 1980 | 2,209 | #125 | 652 | #364 |
| 1979 | 2,079 | #129 | 622 | #364 |
| 1978 | 1,980 | #133 | 489 | #414 |
| 1977 | 2,014 | #133 | 561 | #377 |
| 1976 | 1,874 | #138 | 532 | #386 |
| 1975 | 1,859 | #137 | 585 | #360 |
| 1974 | 2,115 | #124 | 608 | #356 |
| 1973 | 2,106 | #123 | 658 | #336 |
| 1972 | 2,259 | #125 | 691 | #333 |
| 1971 | 2,472 | #128 | 873 | #308 |
| 1970 | 2,791 | #118 | 970 | #298 |
| 1969 | 2,762 | #118 | 1,134 | #257 |
| 1968 | 2,868 | #106 | 1,160 | #239 |
| 1967 | 2,961 | #103 | 1,140 | #248 |
| 1966 | 2,964 | #107 | 1,211 | #241 |
| 1965 | 2,773 | #116 | 1,300 | #237 |
| 1964 | 3,037 | #117 | 1,272 | #248 |
| 1963 | 3,015 | #119 | 1,479 | #225 |
| 1962 | 3,260 | #115 | 1,380 | #233 |
| 1961 | 3,126 | #122 | 1,494 | #222 |
| 1960 | 3,432 | #116 | 1,531 | #218 |
| 1959 | 3,508 | #115 | 1,549 | #213 |
| 1958 | 3,517 | #114 | 1,696 | #200 |
| 1957 | 3,588 | #105 | 1,834 | #192 |
| 1956 | 3,509 | #104 | 1,937 | #184 |
| 1955 | 3,606 | #96 | 1,816 | #183 |
| 1954 | 3,566 | #96 | 1,357 | #216 |
| 1953 | 3,584 | #93 | 1,015 | #255 |
| 1952 | 3,655 | #92 | 948 | #256 |
| 1951 | 3,682 | #92 | 891 | #259 |
| 1950 | 3,611 | #91 | 818 | #268 |
| 1949 | 3,562 | #93 | 818 | #270 |
| 1948 | 3,445 | #93 | 842 | #264 |
| 1947 | 3,676 | #92 | 857 | #254 |
| 1946 | 3,346 | #91 | 807 | #248 |
| 1945 | 2,942 | #87 | 687 | #257 |
| 1944 | 2,929 | #85 | 600 | #280 |
| 1943 | 2,789 | #91 | 597 | #285 |
| 1942 | 2,922 | #87 | 583 | #282 |
| 1941 | 2,744 | #81 | 520 | #283 |
| 1940 | 2,623 | #80 | 492 | #283 |
| 1939 | 2,589 | #78 | 477 | #286 |
| 1938 | 2,575 | #80 | 450 | #296 |
| 1937 | 2,499 | #78 | 438 | #298 |
| 1936 | 2,418 | #76 | 439 | #292 |
| 1935 | 2,426 | #80 | 474 | #280 |
| 1934 | 2,378 | #79 | 422 | #307 |
| 1933 | 2,301 | #79 | 403 | #311 |
| 1932 | 2,284 | #86 | 457 | #293 |
| 1931 | 2,123 | #90 | 446 | #302 |
| 1930 | 2,361 | #82 | 465 | #308 |
| 1929 | 2,209 | #85 | 474 | #308 |
| 1928 | 2,282 | #87 | 513 | #291 |
| 1927 | 2,390 | #86 | 490 | #302 |
| 1926 | 2,313 | #85 | 542 | #285 |
| 1925 | 2,537 | #82 | 531 | #292 |
| 1924 | 2,420 | #83 | 488 | #303 |
| 1923 | 2,359 | #85 | 494 | #290 |
| 1922 | 2,371 | #83 | 496 | #291 |
| 1921 | 2,354 | #86 | 459 | #303 |
| 1920 | 2,321 | #82 | 543 | #281 |
| 1919 | 2,189 | #82 | 484 | #289 |
| 1918 | 2,159 | #86 | 507 | #281 |
| 1917 | 2,004 | #85 | 479 | #282 |
| 1916 | 2,016 | #83 | 475 | #275 |
| 1915 | 1,916 | #84 | 445 | #279 |
| 1914 | 1,451 | #84 | 405 | #255 |
| 1913 | 1,228 | #78 | 294 | #272 |
| 1912 | 1,030 | #78 | 312 | #253 |
| 1911 | 646 | #67 | 258 | #245 |
| 1910 | 741 | #49 | 224 | #256 |
| 1909 | 584 | #52 | 196 | #258 |
| 1908 | 553 | #51 | 197 | #246 |
| 1907 | 516 | #54 | 192 | #245 |
| 1906 | 436 | #58 | 150 | #272 |
| 1905 | 486 | #49 | 165 | #253 |
| 1904 | 532 | #45 | 139 | #267 |
| 1903 | 477 | #45 | 110 | #298 |
| 1902 | 475 | #46 | 134 | #269 |
| 1901 | 424 | #45 | 95 | #305 |
| 1900 | 675 | #39 | 138 | #278 |
| 1899 | 388 | #50 | 94 | #308 |
| 1898 | 498 | #46 | 111 | #293 |
| 1897 | 453 | #47 | 97 | #293 |
| 1896 | 455 | #48 | 73 | #341 |
| 1895 | 478 | #47 | 98 | #283 |
| 1894 | 455 | #45 | 83 | #305 |
| 1893 | 445 | #46 | 66 | #332 |
| 1892 | 460 | #46 | 68 | #326 |
| 1891 | 342 | #52 | 68 | #305 |
| 1890 | 410 | #44 | 58 | #333 |
| 1889 | 415 | #46 | 77 | #272 |
| 1888 | 430 | #48 | 61 | #305 |
| 1887 | 400 | #44 | 60 | #273 |
| 1886 | 399 | #47 | 37 | #354 |
| 1885 | 348 | #50 | 46 | #295 |
| 1884 | 435 | #43 | 48 | #277 |
| 1883 | 388 | #43 | 55 | #241 |
| 1882 | 427 | #41 | 43 | #266 |
| 1881 | 342 | #44 | 39 | #259 |
| 1880 | 361 | #43 | 28 | #300 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Lee reached #39 in 1900. As a girl name, it reached #183 in 1955. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Lee
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.