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Is Lee a Male or Female Name?

Lee is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lee globally is 74.6% males and 25.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is United Kingdom with 96.1% and the country with the highest female ratio is Israel with 87.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lee in percentages: Globally: 74.6% males, 25.4% females, United States: 81.6% males, 18.4% females, United Kingdom: 96.1% males, 3.9% females, Malaysia: 57.5% males, 42.5% females, Singapore: 60.2% males, 39.8% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 55.4% males, 44.6% females, China: 58.8% males, 41.2% females, Canada: 75.9% males, 24.1% females, Australia: 88.6% males, 11.4% females, South Africa: 40.6% males, 59.4% females, St. Lucia: 91.6% males, 8.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lee are 45-54 years old, making up 22.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lee in each age group: 18-24: 5.9%, 25-34: 12.1%, 35-44: 18.0%, 45-54: 22.9%, 55-64: 18.5%, 65+: 22.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lee is South Korea with 0.683% of the population. Following is St. Lucia and Singapore.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Lee measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lee year over year: 1956: 0.038‰, 1957: 0.0365‰, 1958: 0.0398‰, 1959: 0.0316‰, 1960: 0.0353‰, 1961: 0.0365‰, 1962: 0.0361‰, 1963: 0.0352‰, 1964: 0.0302‰, 1965: 0.0317‰, 1966: 0.0416‰, 1967: 0.0393‰, 1968: 0.046‰, 1969: 0.0483‰, 1970: 0.0492‰, 1971: 0.0522‰, 1972: 0.0514‰, 1973: 0.0504‰, 1974: 0.0507‰, 1975: 0.0475‰, 1976: 0.0498‰, 1977: 0.0459‰, 1978: 0.0438‰, 1979: 0.0452‰, 1980: 0.0381‰, 1981: 0.0416‰, 1982: 0.0408‰, 1983: 0.0415‰, 1984: 0.0378‰, 1985: 0.0379‰, 1986: 0.0368‰, 1987: 0.0383‰, 1988: 0.0379‰, 1989: 0.0297‰, 1990: 0.0281‰, 1991: 0.0292‰, 1992: 0.0271‰, 1993: 0.0267‰, 1994: 0.0238‰, 1995: 0.0146‰, 1996: 0.0148‰, 1997: 0.0152‰, 1998: 0.0154‰, 1999: 0.0162‰, 2000: 0.0129‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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