Steed — boys' name

What the Data Says About Steed

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Steed between 1967 and 1984, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Steed currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Steed performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Steed shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Steed in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Steed in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 62 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.