Lee**

#129 most common boys' name of all time · #264 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys

#129

Rank overall

#264 of 105,966

First appeared

1880 or earlier

Years on the list

146 of 146

All-time

295,926

Since 2016

3,830

Peak year

1956 #104

Best rank

#39 1900

Girls Boys peak 5,448/yr

Lee is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

Year	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	21	366	387	#725
2024	25	370	395	#716
2023	24	377	401	#705
2022	26	379	405	#698
2021	15	378	393	#700
2020	28	313	341	#768
2019	20	297	317	#783
2018	26	352	378	#689
2017	21	369	390	#681
2016	33	390	423	#664
2015	24	375	399	#677
2014	23	350	373	#703
2013	29	361	390	#668
2012	22	357	379	#662
2011	20	353	373	#669
2010	31	353	384	#676
2009	29	374	403	#658
2008	17	361	378	#670
2007	22	382	404	#635
2006	29	391	420	#610
2005	22	384	406	#589
2004	43	412	455	#557
2003	43	403	446	#556
2002	42	439	481	#516
2001	56	513	569	#464
2000	67	502	569	#469
1999	81	510	591	#449
1998	87	607	694	#403
1997	72	615	687	#388
1996	94	721	815	#343
1995	102	774	876	#330
1994	125	917	1,042	#297
1993	159	989	1,148	#284
1992	156	1,128	1,284	#255
1991	162	1,300	1,462	#229
1990	197	1,450	1,647	#213
1989	232	1,545	1,777	#188
1988	269	1,785	2,054	#156
1987	243	1,811	2,054	#154
1986	286	1,932	2,218	#145
1985	310	2,005	2,315	#142
1984	360	2,164	2,524	#124
1983	373	1,917	2,290	#138
1982	485	2,205	2,690	#123
1981	532	2,215	2,747	#123
1980	652	2,209	2,861	#125
1979	622	2,078	2,700	#129
1978	490	1,980	2,470	#133
1977	561	2,014	2,575	#133
1976	532	1,873	2,405	#138
1975	585	1,858	2,443	#137
1974	608	2,115	2,723	#124
1973	658	2,106	2,764	#123
1972	691	2,260	2,951	#125
1971	873	2,472	3,345	#128
1970	970	2,790	3,760	#118
1969	1,134	2,762	3,896	#118
1968	1,160	2,868	4,028	#106
1967	1,140	2,960	4,100	#103
1966	1,211	2,965	4,176	#106
1965	1,300	2,772	4,072	#116
1964	1,272	3,037	4,309	#117
1963	1,479	3,016	4,495	#119
1962	1,380	3,263	4,643	#115
1961	1,493	3,127	4,620	#122
1960	1,531	3,430	4,961	#116
1959	1,549	3,509	5,058	#115
1958	1,696	3,514	5,210	#114
1957	1,834	3,588	5,422	#105
1956	1,937	3,511	5,448	#104
1955	1,816	3,607	5,423	#96
1954	1,357	3,566	4,923	#96
1953	1,015	3,583	4,598	#93
1952	948	3,655	4,603	#92
1951	891	3,682	4,573	#92
1950	818	3,611	4,429	#91
1949	818	3,562	4,380	#93
1948	842	3,445	4,287	#93
1947	857	3,676	4,533	#92
1946	807	3,346	4,153	#91
1945	687	2,942	3,629	#87
1944	600	2,929	3,529	#85
1943	597	2,789	3,386	#91
1942	583	2,923	3,506	#87
1941	520	2,742	3,262	#81
1940	492	2,624	3,116	#80
1939	477	2,589	3,066	#78
1938	450	2,575	3,025	#80
1937	438	2,499	2,937	#78
1936	439	2,418	2,857	#76
1935	474	2,426	2,900	#80
1934	422	2,378	2,800	#79
1933	403	2,301	2,704	#79
1932	457	2,284	2,741	#85
1931	446	2,123	2,569	#90
1930	465	2,361	2,826	#82
1929	474	2,209	2,683	#85
1928	513	2,282	2,795	#87
1927	490	2,390	2,880	#86
1926	542	2,313	2,855	#85
1925	531	2,537	3,068	#82
1924	488	2,420	2,908	#83
1923	494	2,359	2,853	#85
1922	496	2,371	2,867	#83
1921	459	2,354	2,813	#86
1920	543	2,321	2,864	#82
1919	484	2,189	2,673	#82
1918	507	2,159	2,666	#86
1917	479	2,004	2,483	#85
1916	475	2,016	2,491	#83
1915	445	1,916	2,361	#84
1914	405	1,451	1,856	#84
1913	294	1,228	1,522	#78
1912	312	1,030	1,342	#78
1911	258	646	904	#67
1910	224	741	965	#49
1909	196	584	780	#52
1908	197	553	750	#51
1907	192	516	708	#54
1906	150	436	586	#57
1905	165	486	651	#49
1904	139	532	671	#45
1903	110	477	587	#45
1902	134	475	609	#46
1901	95	424	519	#45
1900	138	675	813	#39
1899	94	388	482	#50
1898	111	498	609	#46
1897	97	453	550	#47
1896	73	455	528	#48
1895	98	478	576	#47
1894	83	455	538	#45
1893	66	445	511	#46
1892	68	460	528	#46
1891	68	342	410	#52
1890	58	410	468	#43
1889	77	415	492	#46
1888	61	430	491	#48
1887	60	400	460	#44
1886	37	399	436	#47
1885	46	348	394	#50
1884	48	435	483	#43
1883	55	388	443	#43
1882	43	427	470	#41
1881	39	342	381	#44
1880	28	361	389	#43