Is Steel a boy or girl name?

Steel is a boy’s name. Of the 865 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Steel

Recorded 1984–2025 · United States

Steel was most popular in 2021, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,838 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,717, with 38 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 865 people named Steel.

Steel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Steel’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Steel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Steel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 865 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Steel

Where Steel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Texas 6.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org