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Lee

Rooted in Old English, Lee is a gender-neutral name that means "Meadow". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 283,252 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

Old EnglishMeadow
Old EnglishClearing in the wood
Births by decade
1900s
6,674
1910s
19,264
1920s
28,586
1930s
28,420
1940s
37,780
1950s
49,679
1960s
43,309
1970s
28,158
1980s
23,523
1990s
10,246
2000s
4,526
2010s
3,087
Peaked in the 1950s · 283,252 total U.S. births since 1900