Ketra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ketra

The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Ketra between 1963 and 1999, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ketra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ketra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ketra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ketra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ketra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 255 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.