How Many People Are Named Steel?
people named Steel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 399,281 people in the US has this name
Based on 865 babies named Steel in Social Security records from 1984 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Steel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Steel alive today is about 11 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Steel first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 2021, to 62 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Steel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,270, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #3,173.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,173 |
| Best rank | #2,270 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,171 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Steel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Steel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 56 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Steel was given about 4.5 times as often in Texas.
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