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How popular is “Steele” in the USA?

Number of people named “Steele” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Steele” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Steele” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Steele” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Steele” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Steele” by birth year

This chart shows how “Steele” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1920 11 0.000004862 11 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 20 0.000005413 20 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 -100%
1993 34 0.000009018 34 -100%
1994 38 0.000010222 38 -100%
1995 34 0.000009284 34 -100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 -100%
1997 47 0.000012963 47 -100%
1998 46 0.000012506 46 -100%
1999 47 0.000012724 47 -100%
2000 52 0.000013757 52 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 52 0.00001391 6 46 -77%
2003 57 0.000014991 57 -100%
2004 37 0.000009684 37 -100%
2005 49 0.000012744 5 44 -80%
2006 51 0.000012891 51 -100%
2007 53 0.000013258 53 -100%
2008 51 0.000012975 51 -100%
2009 54 0.000014135 54 -100%
2010 53 0.000014341 53 -100%
2011 71 0.000019411 71 -100%
2012 97 0.000026522 5 92 -90%
2013 89 0.000024413 89 -100%
2014 99 0.000026711 5 94 -90%
2015 112 0.000030263 11 101 -80%
2016 141 0.000038433 7 134 -90%
2017 161 0.00004502 14 147 -83%
2018 144 0.000040957 11 133 -85%
2019 116 0.00003342 12 104 -79%
2020 106 0.000031731 106 -100%
2021 123 0.000036305 11 112 -82%
2022 128 0.000037835 8 120 -88%
2023 161 0.000048623 18 143 -78%
2024 145 0.000043563 10 135 -86%

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