Lee

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 17% girls / 83% 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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 129 babies (rank #233 that year). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys (rank #1,259). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

1,625
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
129
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
1991126#242
1992129#233
1993111#256
199470#328
199589#309
199665#376
199769#356
199836#533
199939#491
200026#672
200132#607
200230#631
200330#646
200430#677
200520#923
200621#934
200726#831
200822#971
200937#687
201039#639
201126#862
201219#1,095
201329#825
201425#922
201516#1,255
201629#849
201724#973
201821#1,066
201922#1,024
202016#1,324
202117#1,296
202225#979
202321#1,121
202419#1,259