How Many People Are Named Steele?
people named Steele are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 112,392 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,191 babies named Steele in Social Security records from 1920 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
184 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Steele, 4.5% were girls and 95.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Steele alive today is about 16 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Steele first appears in the records in 1920, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 184 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Steele has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,185, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,185.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,185 |
| Best rank | #1,185 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,587 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Steele alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Steele were born in Texas than in any other state: about 213 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Steele was given 5.3 times as often in Utah, 2.7 times in Arizona and 1.9 times in Florida.
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