Steele
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Steele
This steely surname has a macho image that might feel more appropriate for a romance novel than a baby. But on the upside, it's also sleek and modern, familiar yet unusual, given to only around 100 boys per year in the US.
Steele for girls#10024 US
This steely surname has a simple, strong sound – similar to names like Sloane or Clarke.
Pronounced STEEL.
As of October 2026, Steele ranked #1185 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,652 | 94 | 48.9 |
| 2015 | #1,597 | 101 | 52.7 |
| 2016 | #1,338 | 134 | 70.6 |
| 2017 | #1,249 | 147 | 79.4 |
| 2018 | #1,351 | 133 | 73.2 |
| 2019 | #1,603 | 104 | 58 |
| 2020 | #1,561 | 106 | 61.4 |
| 2021 | #1,563 | 112 | 64 |
| 2022 | #1,514 | 120 | 68.7 |
| 2023 | #1,335 | 143 | 83.6 |
| 2024 | #1,387 | 135 | 78.4 |
| 2025 | #1,185 | 174 | 101.9 |
World rankings
Steele for boys
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Steele on lists
Famous Steeles
- Steele RuddBoy
pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, Australian novelist
- Steele SidebottomBoy
Australian AFL footballer
- Steele Alexander JohnsonBoy
American diver
- (Raymond) Steele HallBoy
36th Premier of South Australia
- (Harry) Steele SavageBoy
American illustrator
- Steele RetchlessBoy
Australian rugby league footballer
- Steele BishopBoy
Australian cyclist
- (James Morrison) Steele MacKayeBoy
American actor and playwright
- SteeleBoy
stage name of Darrell A. Yates, Jr., American rapper of duo Smif,N,Wessun
- Steele Hunter (b. 1953)Boy
son of actors Jeffrey Hunter and Dusty Bartlett
- Steele Lickliter (b. 2008)Boy
son of golfer Frank Lickliter
- Cochise Steele BurrowsBoy
son of actor Darren Burrows
- Jagger Steele Parker (b. 2014)Boy
son of rugby leaguer Corey Parker
Steele in pop culture
- SteeleBoy
villainous dog in animated film "Balto"
- Hayley SteeleGirl
character from American/Canadian show "The Troop"
- Steele (first name)Girl
character in Shirley Lauro's play "A Piece of My Heart"
- Anastasia SteeleGirl
Main character in the fifty shades trilogy.