Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Lee

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lee
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

3,682

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

90%

2024

370

All-time

233,256

Lee has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1951, when 3,682 boys were named Lee.

In 2024, only 370 boys were given the name.

Down 90% from its peak.

All told, about 233,256 Americans have been named Lee and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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