How Many People Are Named Barbara Steele?

There are approximately 208 people named Barbara Steele living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 1,647,857 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Barbara with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Steele. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and ancestry information.

Estimated People with This Name

208

1 in 1,647,857 Americans

Combination Rarity

Uncommon

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Barbara

Last Name

Steele

Barbara: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Barbara. The peak year was 1947 with 48,889 births. The average person named Barbara today is 71 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the Steele Surname

Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the surname Steele, from the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau.

White

78.25%

Black

15.60%

Hispanic

2.43%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.53%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.15%

Two or More Races

2.02%

How we calculated this

The first name "Barbara" has an estimated frequency of 0.202% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Steele" appears at a rate of 29.91 per 100,000 people in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 208 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Barbara

Barbara Lee Barbara Jordan Barbara Peters Barbara Bain Barbara Carrera Barbara Bach Barbara Mcclintock

Other people with the surname Steele