Schell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Schell has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1962, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.
Babies named Schell, 1962
1 in 576,000
Schell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Schell over time
In 1965, Schell went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Schell?
Schell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1962
- 1 in 576,000
- 7 of 4,035,213 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 296,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1962
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 399,572 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Schell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 399,572 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Schell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Schells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Schell was born before 1962 — so the typical Schell is around 63 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 100.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 7
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).
Is Schell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1962 (7)
- Years since peak
- 63
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Not enough data
- Too few years
Spellings of Schell
Schell is not the most common spelling — Shelly is, with 54.7% against Schell's 0.17%.
Schell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Schell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Schell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.