as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of numerous places so called from Old English lēah ‘wood, clearing’. In the United States, it is sometimes chosen in honour of the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee (1807–70). As a girl's name it is commonly used in compounds such as Casey-Lee and Jamie-Lee.
| 170th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 352,314
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Lee per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
21%
79%
43%
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43%
30-54
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10%
13-29
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