Steel
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning hard as steel; steep; derived from the metal or adjective.
Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Steel by the numbers
Steel was given to 50 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Steel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Steelesteep; hard as steel159 in the US (2017)
- Steelylike steel; hard and strong7 in the US (2017)
- Stevencrown; wreath2,148 in the US (2017)
- Stevecrown; wreath; a diminutive of Stephen186 in the US (2017)
- Saeedhappy; fortunate; blessed13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stefencrown; a form of Stephen18 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Steel
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