Keturah — #3448 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keturah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,510 babies named Keturah between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keturah currently holds the #3448 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keturah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 784 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Keturah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 235 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Keturah in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keturah 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 3,510 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.