Girls' name · since 1973
Ketura
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 184 babies named Ketura, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 184
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ketura currently ranks #15326 among girls' names in America, with 184 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Ketura recorded 184 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #15326 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #20,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 184 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ketura ranks #20,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 184 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 184
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ketura's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ketura compares
184 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ketura's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ketura | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 184 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ketura's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ketura's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ketura popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Ketura by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (57 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Ketura's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Ketura births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 57 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ketura's data
- Ketura's decade-level peak was the 1980s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ketura: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ketura draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.