Lee Name Popularity

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How popular is Lee?

Ranking 689th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Lee is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 39, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1900.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1951 with 3,683 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Lee was 342 in 1891.

Lee, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1897-1900, 1909-1916, and 1943-1947, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1980-1983, and 1988-1997.

Lee's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Lee be?

The popularity trend for Lee has been moving downward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Lee for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Lee still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Lee has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Lee (Girl)		Lee (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		25	5,206	350	689
2017		21	5,931	366	680
2016		32	4,478	386	666
2015		24	5,571	373	679
2014		23	5,718	349	702
2013		29	4,824	359	671
2012		22	6,012	355	665
2011		20	6,457	351	672
2010		31	4,672	353	676
2009		29	5,024	374	658
2008		17	7,589	360	672
2007		22	6,211	381	639
2006		28	5,030	390	611
2005		22	5,700	384	589
2004		43	3,467	412	556
2003		43	3,393	403	557
2002		42	3,308	439	517
2001		56	2,679	513	464
2000		67	2,322	501	469
1999		81	1,949	510	449
1998		87	1,795	607	404
1997		72	1,997	615	388
1996		94	1,632	721	343
1995		102	1,527	774	330
1994		125	1,343	917	298
1993		159	1,126	989	284
1992		156	1,136	1,129	255
1991		162	1,110	1,299	229
1990		197	957	1,450	213
1989		232	820	1,545	188
1988		269	707	1,782	157
1987		242	746	1,811	154
1986		286	646	1,934	145
1985		310	610	2,008	142
1984		361	533	2,164	124
1983		373	513	1,917	138
1982		485	444	2,204	123
1981		532	414	2,212	123
1980		651	364	2,208	125
1979		622	364	2,081	129
1978		489	414	1,980	133
1977		561	377	2,016	133
1976		532	386	1,876	138
1975		585	360	1,859	137
1974		608	356	2,113	124
1973		658	335	2,110	123
1972		690	333	2,262	125
1971		874	308	2,476	128
1970		970	298	2,792	118
1969		1,134	257	2,761	118
1968		1,160	239	2,872	106
1967		1,140	248	2,962	103
1966		1,212	241	2,962	107
1965		1,300	237	2,774	116
1964		1,272	248	3,037	117
1963		1,479	225	3,016	119
1962		1,379	233	3,259	115
1961		1,493	222	3,125	122
1960		1,533	218	3,437	116
1959		1,549	213	3,502	115
1958		1,698	200	3,514	114
1957		1,836	192	3,589	105
1956		1,936	184	3,510	104
1955		1,817	182	3,601	96
1954		1,357	216	3,565	96
1953		1,016	255	3,587	93
1952		948	256	3,654	92
1951		891	259	3,683	92
1950		818	268	3,610	91
1949		818	271	3,563	93
1948		842	264	3,443	93
1947		857	254	3,677	92
1946		807	248	3,344	91
1945		689	256	2,938	87
1944		599	280	2,934	85
1943		597	285	2,788	91
1942		583	282	2,923	87
1941		520	283	2,742	81
1940		492	283	2,624	80
1939		477	286	2,586	78
1938		450	295	2,575	80
1937		438	298	2,499	78
1936		440	291	2,418	76
1935		473	280	2,425	80
1934		422	307	2,378	79
1933		403	311	2,302	79
1932		455	295	2,284	86
1931		448	302	2,124	90
1930		465	308	2,361	82
1929		474	308	2,210	85
1928		513	291	2,280	87
1927		490	302	2,391	86
1926		542	285	2,312	85
1925		531	292	2,537	82
1924		489	303	2,419	83
1923		493	291	2,359	85
1922		496	291	2,371	83
1921		459	303	2,354	86
1920		543	281	2,321	82
1919		484	289	2,190	82
1918		507	281	2,159	86
1917		479	282	2,004	85
1916		475	275	2,016	83
1915		445	279	1,916	84
1914		405	255	1,451	84
1913		294	272	1,228	78
1912		312	253	1,030	78
1911		258	245	646	67
1910		224	256	741	49
1909		196	258	584	52
1908		197	246	553	51
1907		192	245	516	54
1906		150	272	436	58
1905		165	253	486	49
1904		139	267	532	45
1903		110	298	477	45
1902		134	269	475	46
1901		95	305	424	45
1900		138	278	675	39
1899		94	308	388	50
1898		111	293	498	46
1897		97	293	453	47
1896		73	341	455	48
1895		98	283	478	47
1894		83	305	455	45
1893		66	332	445	46
1892		68	326	460	46
1891		68	305	342	52
1890		58	333	410	44
1889		77	272	415	46
1888		61	305	430	48
1887		60	273	400	44
1886		37	354	399	47
1885		46	295	348	50
1884		48	277	435	43
1883		55	241	388	43
1882		43	266	427	41
1881		39	259	342	44
1880		28	300	361	43

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.