Steele
#2,345 most common boys' name of all time · #5,656 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among boys
#2,345
Rank overall
#5,656 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
3,191
Since 2016
1,411
Peak year
2025 #1,185
Best rank
#1,185 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 184/yr
Steele first appears in 1920. 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 | 10 | 174 | 184 | #1,185 |
| 2024 | 10 | 137 | 147 | #1,373 |
| 2023 | 18 | 143 | 161 | #1,332 |
| 2022 | 8 | 120 | 128 | #1,506 |
| 2021 | 11 | 112 | 123 | #1,557 |
| 2020 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,557 |
| 2019 | 12 | 104 | 116 | #1,596 |
| 2018 | 11 | 133 | 144 | #1,349 |
| 2017 | 14 | 147 | 161 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 7 | 134 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 2015 | 11 | 101 | 112 | #1,593 |
| 2014 | 5 | 94 | 99 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,677 |
| 2012 | 5 | 92 | 97 | #1,669 |
| 2011 | 5 | 71 | 76 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,383 |
| 2009 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 2008 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,479 |
| 2007 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,423 |
| 2006 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,414 |
| 2005 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #2,537 |
| 2004 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #2,266 |
| 2001 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,360 |
| 2000 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,975 |
| 1999 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,038 |
| 1998 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,047 |
| 1997 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,949 |
| 1996 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,457 |
| 1995 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,319 |
| 1994 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,144 |
| 1993 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,272 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,493 |
| 1991 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,779 |
| 1990 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,649 |
| 1989 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,646 |
| 1988 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,794 |
| 1987 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,591 |
| 1986 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,051 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,889 |
| 1984 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,755 |
| 1983 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,834 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,693 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,707 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,998 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,848 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,833 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,721 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,147 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,022 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,200 |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,394 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,724 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,505 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,351 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,538 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,772 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,163 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,343 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,291 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,078 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,976 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,768 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,252 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,794 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,906 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,223 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,055 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,606 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,138 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,716 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,797 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,791 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,834 |
| 1920 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,764 |