Steely
Girl · STEE-lee · English
Steely is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “hard as steel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Steely mean?
English: English word name
“hard as steel”
- Say it
- STEE-lee
Is Steely a girl's or a boy's name?
Steely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Steely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 280% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Steely, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007. 5 boys were also named Steely in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Steely in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Steely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Steely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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