Lee
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Lee
A name that has a bit of a shouldn't-I-be-a-middle-name sound, though still in use as a first for both genders. Lee might be a good choice if you want something that sounds at once traditional yet modern, unisex but not newly-minted.
Lee for boys#727 US
And while it absolutely works as a first name, Lee is still one of the top middle names for boys as well as one of the most common last names in the US.
Lee for girls#5832 US
The original brief, breezy name is somewhat out of favor now even as a middle name. The Leigh spelling has more substance and is more identifiable as female.
Pronounced LEE.
As of October 2026, Lee ranked #727 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #39 in 1900, Nameberry popularity #540.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #703 | 349 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #678 | 375 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #664 | 390 | #4,398 | 33 |
| 2017 | #681 | 369 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #689 | 352 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #783 | 297 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #769 | 313 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2021 | #700 | 377 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #699 | 377 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #706 | 376 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #714 | 370 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #727 | 366 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Lee for boys
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Famous Lees
- Lee MarvinBoy
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- Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary)Boy
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- Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby)Boy
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- Kenneth Mobley "Lee" BriceBoy
American country music singer
- (Melvin) Lee GreenwoodBoy
American country music singer
- Lee Grinner PaceBoy
American actor
- Leon James "Lee" DeWyzeBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Lee Patrick StrobelBoy
American Christian author
- Lee Roy ParnellBoy
American country music singer
- Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry)Boy
Jamaican music producer
- Lee Michael NorrisBoy
American actor
- Lee Michael ZeldinBoy
US Congressman from New York
- Clarence Leroy "Lee" Van CleefBoy
American actor
- (Warren) Lee TamahoriBoy
New Zealand film director
- Lee RyanBoy
English singer,songwriter of boy band Blue
- Lee MackBoy
stage name of Lee Gordon McKillop, English comedian
- Lido Anthony "Lee" IacoccaBoy
American CEO of Ford Motor Co.
- Lee John WestwoodBoy
English golfer
- Lee Buck TrevinoBoy
American golfer
- Lee Mark RanaldoBoy
American guitarist of band Sonic Youth
- Lee Allen TergesenBoy
American actor
- Lee Edward UnkrichBoy
American film director
- Lee Anthony BrennanBoy
American lead singer of band 911
- Lee Craig FrecklingtonBoy
British professional footballer
- Lee HinchcliffeBoy
British Social Media Star
- Robert E. LeeBoy
U.S. Confederate General
- Stan LeeBoy
creator of Marvel Comics
- Amos LeeBoy
American singer
- Jason LeeBoy
American actor
- Bruce and Brandon LeeBoy
Chinese,American actors and martial artists
- Richard Henry LeeBoy
former president of the Continental Congress and statesman from Virginia who called for the colonies independence
- Lee Darren Boxell (b. 1973)Boy
15 year old British boy who went and still is currently missing from Sutton/Croydon area of London in 1988
- (Caroline) Lee (Bouvier) RadziwillGirl
younger sister of U.S. First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis
- Lee Ann RemickGirl
American actress
- Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal)Girl
American actress
- Lee Ann MeriwetherGirl
actress and Miss America 1955
- Lena "Lee" KrasnerGirl
American painter, wife of painter Jackson Pollock
- Ashley Rose "Lee" NewtonGirl
American actress, comedian and YouTube personality
- Elizabeth "Lee" MillerGirl
Lady Penrose, American photographer and model
- Lee WileyGirl
American jazz singer
- Lee McKenzieGirl
British TV sportscaster
- Lee AlexanderGirl
Scottish football player
- Liv Lee North (b.2017)Girl
daughter of Jon and Jessica North
- Aoki Lee SimmonsGirl
daughter of American model Kimora Lee Simmons
- (Nelle) Harper LeeGirl
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- Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson aka Lykke LiGirl
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Lee in pop culture
- Lee McDermottBoy
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Lee ScoresbyBoy
character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
- Lee BrackettBoy
character in film "Halloween"
- LeeBoy
character on TV's "Not Going Out," played by Lee Mack
- Lee FletcherBoy
character in 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' book series
- Leland Joseph "Lee" AdamaBoy
character on TV's Battlestar Galactic
- Lee PingBoy
main character on TV's Detentionaire
- Dr Lee RosenBoy
main character on TV series "Alphas"
- Lee EverettBoy
main character in The Walking Dead video game.
- Lee JordanBoy
Fred and George Weasley's best friend in the "Harry Potter" series
- Old Bull LeeBoy
character in "On the Road"
- Lee MorganBoy
character in Paul Shapera's musical "The New Albion Guide to Analogue Consciousness"
- LeeBoy
brand of jeans
- Richard Henry LeeBoy
character in "1776" the musical and movie
- Lee StetsonBoy
character on 1980's TV show "Scarecrow & Mrs. King"
- Lee "Pinata" HeereBoy
Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
- Lee SingGirl
character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Pearl"
- Lee SinghGirl
character in the "Sims" series
- Lee KankerGirl
antagonist of "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
- "Christie LeeGirl
" song by Billy Joel; inspired by ex,wife Christine Lee "Christie" Brinkley