Steel Popularity by Year

Follow Steel across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Steel birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	38	#3,128	Down 491 places
2024	Boys	50	#2,637	Up 837 places
2023	Boys	33	#3,474	Down 757 places
2022	Boys	48	#2,717	Down 464 places
2021	Boys	62	#2,253	Up 436 places
2020	Boys	46	#2,689	Up 512 places
2019	Boys	36	#3,201	Down 308 places
2018	Boys	41	#2,893	Down 400 places
2017	Boys	51	#2,493	Down 56 places
2016	Boys	52	#2,437	Up 928 places
2015	Boys	33	#3,365	Down 211 places
2014	Boys	35	#3,154	Up 810 places
2013	Boys	25	#3,964	Down 667 places
2012	Boys	33	#3,297	Up 495 places
2011	Boys	27	#3,792	Up 574 places
2010	Boys	22	#4,366	Down 645 places
2009	Boys	28	#3,721	Up 2,672 places
2008	Boys	13	#6,393	Up 229 places
2007	Boys	12	#6,622	Down 1,319 places
2006	Boys	16	#5,303	Up 923 places
2005	Boys	12	#6,226	Down 2,366 places
2004	Boys	23	#3,860	Up 1,411 places
2003	Boys	14	#5,271	Down 769 places
2002	Boys	17	#4,502	Up 388 places
2001	Boys	15	#4,890	Up 698 places
2000	Boys	12	#5,588	Down 429 places
1998	Boys	12	#5,159	Up 1,459 places
1997	Boys	8	#6,618	Down 1,117 places
1995	Boys	10	#5,501	Down 141 places
1993	Boys	10	#5,360	Up 2,062 places
1992	Boys	6	#7,422	Down 151 places
1991	Boys	6	#7,271	Down 1,889 places
1990	Boys	9	#5,382	Up 1,888 places
1988	Boys	5	#7,270	Down 955 places
1984	Boys	5	#6,315	—