Lee

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 19% girls / 81% boys

Meaning

Lee is a unisex given name from the English word 'lee'. It is also used as a surname, often confused with the Old English surname and given name leah, which evolved to 'leigh' in Middle English, and present-day 'lea' with the same meaning.

From Wikipedia

Lee first appears in the data in 1959 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1981 with 236 babies (rank #59 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lee

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lee yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,950
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
236
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195968#93
196234#109
196530#110
196772#96
1968103#89
1969113#92
197039#107
1971135#89
197236#112
1973127#87
1974196#67
1975206#61
1976210#58
1977173#72
1978190#65
1979219#58
1980222#57
1981236#59
1982209#62
1983171#70
1984168#71
1985139#80
198646#106
198753#104
20142#662
20172#678