Steele Boy
How popular is Steele?
#1,183 boy name in 2025
174 baby boys were named Steele in the US in 2025, making it the 1183rd most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
Steele popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,183 for boys (▲ 188 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 174 boys, 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,588 in 2015, #1,556 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (174 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,183 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Steele counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Steele family of names ranked #954 for boys in 2025 (#1,031 the year before), with 212 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Steele | 174 | 82% |
| Steel | 38 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Steele is most popular
Babies named Steele per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Steele by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 46 | #2,601 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,951 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,605 |
| 1950s | 55 | #2,662 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,310 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,961 |
| 1980s | 153 | #2,555 |
| 1990s | 356 | #1,930 |
| 2000s | 487 | #1,964 |
| 2010s | 1,018 | #1,245 |
| 2020s | 792 | #1,183 |
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Questions
- Is Steele a boy or girl name?
- Steele is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Steele were boys.
- How popular is the name Steele?
- 174 baby boys were named Steele in the US in 2025, making it the 1183rd most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
- When was Steele most popular?
- Steele peaked in 2025, when 174 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,183 in 2025.
- How many people are named Steele?
- 3,191 babies have been named Steele in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,049 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Steele most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Steele was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.