Steele
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,183 for boys in 2025, 174 births
Given to boys 95.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 174 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,053since 1920
Steele over time
Rank among boys' names. Steele has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #1,183 | 174 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,371 | 137 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,328 | 143 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #1,504 | 120 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #1,554 | 112 |
| 2020 | — | #1,556 | 106 | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #1,348 | 133 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #1,245 | 147 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #1,329 | 134 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,588 | 101 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | — | #1,675 | 89 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,668 | 92 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,947 | 71 |
| 2010 | — | #2,375 | 53 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,381 | 54 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,416 | 53 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | — | #2,788 | 37 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | — | #2,346 | 42 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,023 | 47 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,040 | 46 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,933 | 47 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Steele! It came in at #2,602, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Steele is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#414 · 1 in 1,907
- Iowa#498 · 1 in 2,539
- Arizona#669 · 1 in 4,506
- Tennessee#699 · 1 in 4,525
- Michigan#981 · 1 in 7,957
Best ever in a state: #339 in Nebraska, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #414 | 11 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Iowa | #498 | 6 | 1 in 2,539 |
| Arizona | #669 | 8 | 1 in 4,506 |
| Tennessee | #699 | 8 | 1 in 4,525 |
| Michigan | #981 | 6 | 1 in 7,957 |
| Florida | #1,085 | 10 | 1 in 9,794 |
| Georgia | #1,208 | 5 | 1 in 10,754 |
| Texas | #1,449 | 11 | 1 in 16,838 |
| California | #1,785 | 9 | 1 in 24,854 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Steele
- 188 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,183)
- 373 spots since 2020 (#1,556 → #1,183)
- 405 spots since 2015 (#1,588 → #1,183)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2025 at #1,183 (174 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,817 boys born in 2025 were named Steele (0.01%)
- 33.3% of all boys named Steele (1,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 46 | #2,602 (1920) | #3,725 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,290 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,606 (1949) | #3,083 |
| 1950s | 55 | #2,663 (1959) | #3,266 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,311 (1968) | #3,400 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,709 |
| 1980s | 153 | #2,559 (1987) | #3,302 |
| 1990s | 356 | #1,933 (1997) | #2,296 |
| 2000s | 487 | #1,968 (2000) | #2,355 |
| 2010s | 1,018 | #1,245 (2017) | #1,641 |
| 2020s | 792 | #1,183 (2025) | #1,416 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Steele in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 253,146 of them was named Steele, which outranked 31.8% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,781Zuleimy8
- #11,781Zyona8
- #11,781Zyva8
- #12,876Steele7
- #12,876Aabha7
- #12,876Aadvi7
- #12,876Aagna7
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
Tied with 1,454 names at #12,876; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 14,162 of them was named Steele, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,326Aayden135
- #1,326Diesel135
- #1,326Lyndon135
- #1,329Steele134
- #1,329Baron134
- #1,329Bowie134
- #1,329Cedar134
- #1,339Aamir133
- #1,339Archie133
- #1,339Axle133
Tied with 9 names at #1,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.