Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Steele

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Hard: durable.
Hard or durable (as steel)

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Surname

Pronunciation

s-tee-le

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1183, 174 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #6402, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #9457, 10 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202517410
202413510
202314318
20221208
202111211
2020106–
201910412
201813311
201714714
20161347

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #2586, 4 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4782, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence