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“Like steel; a metalworker or someone as hard as steel” — Middle English origin
Boy's name · #1185 in the US (2025) · Trending
Steele is climbing: on the charts since 1920, it reached #1185 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 170 boys given the name last year. Roughly 3,100 have carried it all-time. It is also an American family name — about 88,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 20 notable people named Steele:
Sports figures appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Steele Von Hoff, Australian racing cyclist.
Similar names: Stiles · Macklin · Stone · Axle · Slater · Zyon
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