Steele
Boy · STEEL · English
Steele is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “steel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,183rd for boys in the US (174 babies).
What does Steele mean?
English: English surname
“steel”
Originally a nickname surname for a hard, reliable person, or a name for a steelworker.
- Say it
- STEEL
Is Steele a girl's or a boy's name?
Steele is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 174 boys in the US.
How popular is Steele in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,183among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 174about 1 in 9,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 174 boys in the US were named Steele, making it the 1,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,556th. It first appears in the records in 1920. 10 girls were also named Steele in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Steele of any year since it first appeared, in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Steele in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 boys in the US were given Steele or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #955, up from #1,183 for this spelling alone.
- Steele 174
- Steel 38
Steele in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | #1,183 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,371 |
| 2023 | 143 | #1,328 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,504 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,554 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,556 |
| 2019 | 104 | #1,592 |
| 2018 | 133 | #1,348 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,245 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,641 |
| 2013 | 89 | #1,674 |
| 2012 | 92 | #1,667 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,374 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
Names like Steele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Steele
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