Keturah Girl
How popular is Keturah?
#4,757 girl name in 2025
28 baby girls were named Keturah in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
Keturah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,757 for girls (▼ 1298 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,533 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (96 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,337 in 1890 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Keturah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Keturah family of names ranked #2,984 for girls in 2025 (#2,513 the year before), with 33 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Keturah | 28 | 85% |
| Ketura | 5 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Keturah is most popular
Babies named Keturah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Keturah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,337 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,727 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,637 |
| 1920s | 47 | #3,163 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1940s | 36 | #3,736 |
| 1950s | 55 | #4,225 |
| 1960s | 117 | #2,585 |
| 1970s | 451 | #1,468 |
| 1980s | 685 | #1,337 |
| 1990s | 784 | #1,584 |
| 2000s | 563 | #2,154 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,681 |
| 2020s | 229 | #3,459 |
Girl names about as popular as Keturah
Questions
- Is Keturah a boy or girl name?
- Keturah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Keturah were girls.
- How popular is the name Keturah?
- 28 baby girls were named Keturah in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
- When was Keturah most popular?
- Keturah peaked in 1992, when 96 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,337, held for 2 years starting in 1890.
- How many people are named Keturah?
- 3,541 babies have been named Keturah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,311 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Keturah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Keturah was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.