Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from place names in Lincolnshire, it may mean “Cenel’s island,” from the Old English name Cenel, meaning “fierce,” combined with eg, meaning “island.”
20062006: 1,898 births, rank #185
2007: 1,699 births, rank #201
2008: 1,716 births, rank #195
2009: 1,521 births, rank #212
2010: 1,349 births, rank #233
20112011: 1,266 births, rank #254
2012: 1,214 births, rank #267
2013: 1,049 births, rank #304
2014: 1,017 births, rank #328
2015: 955 births, rank #343
20162016: 859 births, rank #383
2017: 788 births, rank #396
2018: 740 births, rank #420
2019: 664 births, rank #470
2020: 574 births, rank #525
20212021: 477 births, rank #623
2022: 466 births, rank #632
2023: 444 births, rank #663
2024: 430 births, rank #673
20252025: 335 births, rank #814
Kelsey moved from #673 to #814 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1992, with 11,713 births.