Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Steel

#5,246 most common boys' name of all time · #13,035 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1984–2025

Rank among boys
#5,246
Rank overall
#13,035 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
865
Since 2016
457
Peak year
2021 #2,270
Best rank
#2,270 2021
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
20002020

Steel first appears in 1984. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 38 38 #3,159
2024 50 50 #2,657
2023 33 33 #3,529
2022 48 48 #2,739
2021 62 62 #2,270
2020 46 46 #2,714
2019 36 36 #3,234
2018 41 41 #2,920
2017 51 51 #2,522
2016 52 52 #2,466
2015 33 33 #3,400
2014 35 35 #3,203
2013 25 25 #4,019
2012 33 33 #3,344
2011 27 27 #3,850
2010 22 22 #4,444
2009 28 28 #3,793
2008 13 13 #6,570
2007 12 12 #6,865
2006 16 16 #5,423
2005 12 12 #6,444
2004 23 23 #3,951
2003 14 14 #5,436
2002 17 17 #4,626
2001 15 15 #5,060
2000 12 12 #5,795
1998 12 12 #5,378
1997 8 8 #7,041
1995 10 10 #5,801
1993 10 10 #5,684
1992 6 6 #8,067
1991 6 6 #7,915
1990 9 9 #5,742
1988 5 5 #8,156
1984 5 5 #7,326