Lee

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #725in 2025
  • 1 in 4,666boys in 2025
  • +10%last ten years
  • 4.2×in Iowa

Most popular in 1900.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,2434,48618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Lee, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18803,267
18813,395
18823,756
18833,708
18843,801
18853,228
18863,602
18873,944
18883,558
18893,753
18903,693
18913,380
18923,769
18933,962
18943,930
18954,072
18963,805
18974,017
18984,059
18993,653
19004,486
19013,982
19023,872
19034,001
19044,152
19053,673
19063,274
19073,514
19083,583
19093,561
19103,815
19112,859
19122,396
19132,396
19142,216
19152,258
19162,265
19172,165
19182,130
19192,233
19202,181
19212,137
19222,179
19232,152
19242,136
19252,273
19262,083
19272,121
19282,060
19292,054
19302,151
19312,042
19322,187
19332,321
19342,303
19352,330
19362,331
19372,343
19382,322
19392,339
19402,264
19412,232
19422,116
19431,954
19442,149
19452,186
19462,060
19472,009
19481,963
19492,008
19502,017
19511,956
19521,880
19531,817
19541,749
19551,751
19561,660
19571,663
19581,656
19591,644
19601,609
19611,472
19621,577
19631,485
19641,524
19651,490
19661,662
19671,697
19681,650
19691,545
19701,501
19711,398
19721,394
19731,351
19741,345
19751,190
19761,194
19771,226
19781,206
19791,207
19801,238
19811,237
19821,215
19831,069
19841,199
19851,085
19861,049
1987970
1988932
1989772
1990706
1991643
1992565
1993504
1994475
1995407
1996381
1997326
1998318
1999266
2000256
2001264
2002226
2003204
2004208
2005192
2006190
2007184
2008177
2009189
2010184
2011186
2012188
2013191
2014182
2015196
2016206
2017199
2018194
2019166
2020181
2021216
2022217
2023220
2024215
2025214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Iowa 4.2×
  2. Louisiana 2.2×
  3. Pennsylvania 2.0×
  4. Indiana 1.7×
  5. Washington 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
366
Rank in 2025
#725
How rare
1 in 4,666 boys
Since 1880
233,627

Most popular in 1900, at 4,486 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 10% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Iowa4.2×37
Louisiana2.2×28
Pennsylvania2.0×68
Indiana1.7×35
Washington1.6×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.