Keturah
Keturah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199296 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1890
- 3,510people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,510 girls have been named Keturah in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 96 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Keturah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 47 | |
| 1920s | 47 | |
| 1930s | 7 | |
| 1940s | 36 | |
| 1950s | 55 | |
| 1960s | 117 | |
| 1970s | 451 | |
| 1980s | 685 | |
| 1990s | 784 | |
| 2000s | 562 | |
| 2010s | 486 | |
| 2020s | 201 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Keturah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Keturah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ariannepeak 1990
- Arinpeak 1997
- Marcelapeak 1999
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Allisonpeak 1994
- Makedapeak 1985
- Malikapeak 1996
- Korinnepeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.