Keturah
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 93 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,541since 1890
Keturah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Keturah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,681 | 64 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 |
| 2009 | #3,298 | 50 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 |
| 2004 | #2,481 | 68 |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 |
| 2000 | #2,158 | 74 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 |
| 1998 | #1,867 | 82 |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 |
| 1996 | #1,980 | 71 |
| 1995 | #1,588 | 95 |
| 1994 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 1993 | #1,967 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 |
| 1991 | #1,877 | 75 |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,662 | 73 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 |
| 1985 | #1,575 | 76 |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 |
| 1982 | #1,337 | 93 |
| 1981 | #1,663 | 69 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 |
| 1977 | #1,468 | 75 |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Keturah! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Keturah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Keturah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Keturah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,299 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #4,758)
- 753 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #4,758)
- 1,225 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #4,758)
Rise & fade · girls
92 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1982 at #1,337 (93 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,208
- Highest: 1 in 18,208 girls born in 1982 were named Keturah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 22.1% of all girls named Keturah (784) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,338 (1890) | #1,472 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,883 |
| 1910s | 47 | #2,638 (1914) | #3,413 |
| 1920s | 47 | #3,164 (1921) | #3,764 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,658 (1930) | #3,658 |
| 1940s | 36 | #3,738 (1942) | #4,304 |
| 1950s | 55 | #4,226 (1953) | #5,168 |
| 1960s | 117 | #2,585 (1969) | #4,313 |
| 1970s | 451 | #1,468 (1977) | #2,226 |
| 1980s | 685 | #1,337 (1982) | #1,728 |
| 1990s | 784 | #1,588 (1995) | #1,890 |
| 2000s | 563 | #2,158 (2000) | #2,920 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,681 (2019) | #3,318 |
| 2020s | 229 | #3,459 (2024) | #3,907 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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