Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Kelsey
/KEL · see/
Meaning
“Unknown”
English surname name, from a place in Lincolnshire meaning 'Cenel's island' in Old English; popularized as a feminine given name in the 1980s-90s US.
Nicknames
kels
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peak 1980s-90s American; not yet retro but heading there.
The cultural moment.
Top 50 female name in the United States during the 1990s; declining since 2005.