Steel
#5,246 most common boys' name of all time · #13,035 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |