NameTides

Steele

Steele was the #1,183 boys' name in the US in 2025 (174 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Steele as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Steele as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Steele as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,183 (174)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,371 (137)—#3,072 (5)
2023#1,328 (143)—#2,614 (6)
2022#1,504 (120)—#2,493 (6)
2021#1,554 (112)#4,789 (3)#1,560 (12)
2020#1,556 (106)——
2019#1,592 (104)——
2018#1,348 (133)—#2,403 (6)
2017#1,245 (147)——
2016#1,329 (134)—#2,718 (5)
2015#1,588 (101)——
2014#1,641 (94)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,675 (89)—#2,086 (7)
2012#1,668 (92)—#1,971 (8)
2011#1,947 (71)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,183.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1920.
  • In 2025, 5% of US babies named Steele were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Steele is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Steele by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,039TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Steele (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SteeleCanadaBoys#2,5277
SteeleEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SteeleNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SteeleUSGirls#9,45710
SteeleUSBoys#1,183174