The baby name Lee appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1955 with 5,102 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Lee has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 262 |
| 1910 | 911 |
| 1911 | 288 |
| 1911 | 792 |
| 1912 | 354 |
| 1912 | 1,226 |
| 1913 | 334 |
| 1913 | 1,405 |
| 1914 | 462 |
| 1914 | 1,692 |
| 1915 | 531 |
| 1915 | 2,253 |
| 1916 | 569 |
| 1916 | 2,583 |
| 1917 | 558 |
| 1917 | 2,672 |
| 1918 | 581 |
| 1918 | 2,868 |
| 1919 | 509 |
| 1919 | 2,917 |
| 1920 | 576 |
| 1920 | 3,137 |
| 1921 | 473 |
| 1921 | 3,200 |
| 1922 | 553 |
| 1922 | 3,135 |
| 1923 | 538 |
| 1923 | 3,131 |
| 1924 | 546 |
| 1924 | 3,199 |
| 1925 | 706 |
| 1925 | 3,378 |
| 1926 | 680 |
| 1926 | 3,185 |
| 1927 | 689 |
| 1927 | 3,100 |
| 1928 | 719 |
| 1928 | 3,013 |
| 1929 | 650 |
| 1929 | 2,876 |
| 1930 | 662 |
| 1930 | 3,481 |
| 1931 | 526 |
| 1931 | 2,974 |
| 1932 | 595 |
| 1932 | 2,757 |
| 1933 | 507 |
| 1933 | 2,863 |
| 1934 | 439 |
| 1934 | 2,951 |
| 1935 | 643 |
| 1935 | 3,064 |
| 1936 | 483 |
| 1936 | 3,059 |
| 1937 | 490 |
| 1937 | 3,159 |
| 1938 | 461 |
| 1938 | 3,112 |
| 1939 | 538 |
| 1939 | 3,092 |
| 1940 | 480 |
| 1940 | 3,421 |
| 1941 | 542 |
| 1941 | 3,425 |
| 1942 | 563 |
| 1942 | 3,813 |
| 1943 | 732 |
| 1943 | 3,582 |
| 1944 | 605 |
| 1944 | 3,637 |
| 1945 | 664 |
| 1945 | 3,572 |
| 1946 | 853 |
| 1946 | 3,762 |
| 1947 | 962 |
| 1947 | 4,628 |
| 1948 | 948 |
| 1948 | 4,753 |
| 1949 | 874 |
| 1949 | 4,595 |
| 1950 | 975 |
| 1950 | 4,653 |
| 1951 | 1,102 |
| 1951 | 4,532 |
| 1952 | 1,178 |
| 1952 | 4,457 |
| 1953 | 1,310 |
| 1953 | 4,716 |
| 1954 | 1,600 |
| 1954 | 4,445 |
| 1955 | 2,197 |
| 1955 | 5,102 |
| 1956 | 2,422 |
| 1956 | 4,750 |
| 1957 | 2,312 |
| 1957 | 4,738 |
| 1958 | 2,064 |
| 1958 | 4,707 |
| 1959 | 1,999 |
| 1959 | 4,443 |
| 1960 | 1,978 |
| 1960 | 4,271 |
| 1961 | 1,934 |
| 1961 | 3,774 |
| 1962 | 1,809 |
| 1962 | 4,080 |
| 1963 | 1,661 |
| 1963 | 3,883 |
| 1964 | 1,507 |
| 1964 | 3,761 |
| 1965 | 1,627 |
| 1965 | 3,662 |
| 1966 | 1,429 |
| 1966 | 3,751 |
| 1967 | 1,383 |
| 1967 | 3,729 |
| 1968 | 1,443 |
| 1968 | 3,604 |
| 1969 | 1,376 |
| 1969 | 3,414 |
| 1970 | 1,178 |
| 1970 | 3,202 |
| 1971 | 1,046 |
| 1971 | 2,853 |
| 1972 | 760 |
| 1972 | 2,625 |
| 1973 | 747 |
| 1973 | 2,472 |
| 1974 | 652 |
| 1974 | 2,506 |
| 1975 | 680 |
| 1975 | 2,070 |
| 1976 | 575 |
| 1976 | 2,279 |
| 1977 | 646 |
| 1977 | 2,613 |
| 1978 | 547 |
| 1978 | 2,282 |
| 1979 | 691 |
| 1979 | 2,409 |
| 1980 | 739 |
| 1980 | 2,815 |
| 1981 | 525 |
| 1981 | 2,441 |
| 1982 | 449 |
| 1982 | 2,439 |
| 1983 | 365 |
| 1983 | 2,204 |
| 1984 | 345 |
| 1984 | 2,432 |
| 1985 | 394 |
| 1985 | 2,144 |
| 1986 | 299 |
| 1986 | 2,384 |
| 1987 | 252 |
| 1987 | 2,039 |
| 1988 | 272 |
| 1988 | 1,990 |
| 1989 | 175 |
| 1989 | 1,702 |
| 1990 | 130 |
| 1990 | 1,523 |
| 1991 | 77 |
| 1991 | 1,388 |
| 1992 | 128 |
| 1992 | 1,360 |
| 1993 | 107 |
| 1993 | 1,178 |
| 1994 | 73 |
| 1994 | 1,095 |
| 1995 | 33 |
| 1995 | 882 |
| 1996 | 41 |
| 1996 | 790 |
| 1997 | 23 |
| 1997 | 675 |
| 1998 | 53 |
| 1998 | 640 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 1999 | 593 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2000 | 536 |
| 2001 | 6 |
| 2001 | 551 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2002 | 423 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2003 | 458 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2004 | 474 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2005 | 430 |
| 2006 | 442 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2007 | 363 |
| 2008 | 372 |
| 2009 | 375 |
| 2010 | 366 |
| 2011 | 347 |
| 2012 | 422 |
| 2013 | 389 |
| 2014 | 395 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2015 | 442 |
| 2016 | 459 |
| 2017 | 397 |
| 2018 | 401 |
| 2019 | 326 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2020 | 272 |
| 2021 | 439 |
| 2022 | 414 |
| 2023 | 373 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2024 | 400 |