girls:
113 births since 2002
#5603 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2.7k births since 1920
#2408 (47th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1920
#5058 (35th percentile)
The name Steele is the #5,058 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,855 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 34.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,408 (47.5% percentile) for all time with 2,742 births since 1920. For girls, it ranks #5,603 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 113 births since 2002.
Steele first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Steele is available in 81 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (81 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Steele has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.8% of babies named Steele were boys.
For boys, Steele reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 15.6% percentile (ranked #772) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 78 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Steele is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #773 (15.2% percentile) with 78 births per million.
For girls, Steele reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #934) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Steele is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #934 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Steele".
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