Lee is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1408 for boy births in the United States, given to 387 babies. Lee first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1956 (5,448 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 387 | #1,408 |
| 2024 | 395 | #1,388 |
| 2023 | 401 | #1,379 |
| 2022 | 405 | #1,380 |
| 2021 | 393 | #1,397 |
| 2020 | 341 | #1,511 |
| 2019 | 317 | #1,583 |
| 2018 | 378 | #1,390 |
| 2017 | 390 | #1,373 |
| 2016 | 423 | #1,310 |
| 2015 | 399 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 373 | #1,422 |
| 2013 | 390 | #1,344 |
| 2012 | 379 | #1,368 |
| 2011 | 373 | #1,364 |
| 2010 | 384 | #1,356 |
| 2009 | 403 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 378 | #1,418 |
| 2007 | 404 | #1,325 |
| 2006 | 420 | #1,248 |
| 2005 | 406 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 455 | #1,124 |
| 2003 | 446 | #1,130 |
| 2002 | 481 | #1,031 |
| 2001 | 569 | #907 |
| 2000 | 569 | #904 |
| 1999 | 591 | #859 |
| 1998 | 694 | #759 |
| 1997 | 687 | #743 |
| 1996 | 815 | #663 |
| 1995 | 876 | #616 |
| 1994 | 1,042 | #542 |
| 1993 | 1,148 | #495 |
| 1992 | 1,284 | #460 |
| 1991 | 1,462 | #424 |
| 1990 | 1,647 | #368 |
| 1989 | 1,777 | #334 |
| 1988 | 2,054 | #286 |
| 1987 | 2,054 | #281 |
| 1986 | 2,218 | #259 |
| 1985 | 2,315 | #255 |
| 1984 | 2,524 | #223 |
| 1983 | 2,290 | #252 |
| 1982 | 2,690 | #226 |
| 1981 | 2,747 | #224 |
| 1980 | 2,861 | #215 |
| 1979 | 2,700 | #222 |
| 1978 | 2,470 | #230 |
| 1977 | 2,575 | #219 |
| 1976 | 2,405 | #223 |
| 1975 | 2,443 | #225 |
| 1974 | 2,723 | #206 |
| 1973 | 2,764 | #211 |
| 1972 | 2,951 | #210 |
| 1971 | 3,345 | #208 |
| 1970 | 3,760 | #191 |
| 1969 | 3,896 | #172 |
| 1968 | 4,028 | #156 |
| 1967 | 4,100 | #157 |
| 1966 | 4,176 | #166 |
| 1965 | 4,072 | #182 |
| 1964 | 4,309 | #187 |
| 1963 | 4,495 | #186 |
| 1962 | 4,643 | #188 |
| 1961 | 4,620 | #197 |
| 1960 | 4,961 | #182 |
| 1959 | 5,058 | #181 |
| 1958 | 5,210 | #176 |
| 1957 | 5,422 | #167 |
| 1956 | 5,448 | #161 |
| 1955 | 5,423 | #157 |
| 1954 | 4,923 | #169 |
| 1953 | 4,598 | #172 |
| 1952 | 4,603 | #170 |
| 1951 | 4,573 | #168 |
| 1950 | 4,429 | #167 |
| 1949 | 4,380 | #159 |
| 1948 | 4,287 | #162 |
| 1947 | 4,533 | #162 |
| 1946 | 4,153 | #161 |
| 1945 | 3,629 | #143 |
| 1944 | 3,529 | #155 |
| 1943 | 3,386 | #164 |
| 1942 | 3,506 | #155 |
| 1941 | 3,262 | #149 |
| 1940 | 3,116 | #151 |
| 1939 | 3,066 | #149 |
| 1938 | 3,025 | #154 |
| 1937 | 2,937 | #152 |
| 1936 | 2,857 | #155 |
| 1935 | 2,900 | #156 |
| 1934 | 2,800 | #159 |
| 1933 | 2,704 | #158 |
| 1932 | 2,741 | #160 |
| 1931 | 2,569 | #172 |
| 1930 | 2,826 | #163 |
| 1929 | 2,683 | #172 |
| 1928 | 2,795 | #169 |
| 1927 | 2,880 | #166 |
| 1926 | 2,855 | #167 |
| 1925 | 3,068 | #157 |
| 1924 | 2,908 | #170 |
| 1923 | 2,853 | #165 |
| 1922 | 2,867 | #168 |
| 1921 | 2,813 | #169 |
| 1920 | 2,864 | #166 |
| 1919 | 2,673 | #168 |
| 1918 | 2,666 | #170 |
| 1917 | 2,483 | #169 |
| 1916 | 2,491 | #162 |
| 1915 | 2,361 | #161 |
| 1914 | 1,856 | #158 |
| 1913 | 1,522 | #158 |
| 1912 | 1,342 | #155 |
| 1911 | 904 | #151 |
| 1910 | 965 | #130 |
| 1909 | 780 | #137 |
| 1908 | 750 | #137 |
| 1907 | 708 | #139 |
| 1906 | 586 | #150 |
| 1905 | 651 | #139 |
| 1904 | 671 | #131 |
| 1903 | 587 | #137 |
| 1902 | 609 | #133 |
| 1901 | 519 | #141 |
| 1900 | 813 | #119 |
| 1899 | 482 | #148 |
| 1898 | 609 | #136 |
| 1897 | 550 | #134 |
| 1896 | 528 | #137 |
| 1895 | 576 | #127 |
| 1894 | 538 | #132 |
| 1893 | 511 | #137 |
| 1892 | 528 | #135 |
| 1891 | 410 | #145 |
| 1890 | 468 | #135 |
| 1889 | 492 | #123 |
| 1888 | 491 | #125 |
| 1887 | 460 | #115 |
| 1886 | 436 | #122 |
| 1885 | 394 | #124 |
| 1884 | 483 | #108 |
| 1883 | 443 | #103 |
| 1882 | 470 | #99 |
| 1881 | 381 | #106 |
| 1880 | 389 | #108 |