LEE is ranked as the 164th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 389,711.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 122.22 people named LEE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 70% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LEE is 188,941.
The SSA data also shows that LEE is used as a boy's name 77% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEE is
76.9% White,
3.6% Hispanic origin,
13.2% Black,
4.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LEE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEE is included in the following name categories:
Originating in England surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
English unisex given name
Chinese surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
South Korean surname
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common Norwegian surname - SSB Data
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Irish surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Chinese Common surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEE
The state with the most people named
LEE is
California where
45,875 people have this name.
Mississippi is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEE, as
187.61 in every 100,000
Mississippians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Mississippi is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Jersey
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LEE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
12,068
93.69
99.6%
Indiana
6,759
102.45
99.3%
Iowa
4,015
129.22
99.3%
Kansas
3,734
128.59
98.9%
Michigan
11,715
118.21
99.8%
Minnesota
8,174
149.79
99.6%
Missouri
5,617
187.61
99.5%
Nebraska
2,056
109.3
98.2%
North Dakota
909
122.88
96.3%
Ohio
11,028
95.12
99.5%
South Dakota
1,035
121.26
96.6%
Wisconsin
8,564
148.75
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name LEE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,035
140.53
97.0%
Arizona
8,190
121.67
99.4%
California
45,875
118.23
99.9%
Colorado
6,483
121.05
99.3%
Hawaii
1,373
96.7
98.9%
Idaho
2,053
125.63
98.4%
Montana
1,592
155.57
98.1%
Nevada
2,861
100.79
99.0%
New Mexico
2,522
120.9
98.6%
Oregon
5,056
127.34
99.2%
Utah
3,014
102.43
98.7%
Washington
10,007
141.71
99.7%
Wyoming
746
127.71
96.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LEE.
The most popular full name is LEE Smith.
0.89% of all the people named LEE
have this family name.
There are 28009 last
names associated with this first name.