Lee

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,053 babies (rank #64 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

7,610
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,053
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
19961,053#64
1997844#73
1998801#73
1999562#91
2000549#98
2001460#105
2002420#113
2003374#130
2004387#130
2005322#147
2006284#168
2007262#185
2008256#192
2009199#226
2010169#273
2011158#283
2012121#358
2013108#376
201497#420
201573#528
201657#628