Bobby-Lee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOB-ee-LEE
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Bobby-Lee is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame + clearing, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Bobby-Lee mean?
Germanic: Bobby + Lee
“bright fame + clearing, meadow”
Joins Bobby (Germanic, “bright fame”) and Lee (English, “clearing, meadow”).
Meanings borrowed from Bobby and Lee.
Is Bobby-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?
Bobby-Lee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bobby-Lee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Bobby-Lee, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bobby-Lee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Bobby-Lee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
Names like Bobby-Lee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bobby, Freddie, Archie, Louie, Charlie, Albie, Reggie, Blake, Ollie, Henry, Frankie, Elijah
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery, Ada
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bobby-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bobby-lee, updated 20 October 2026.