Keturah

Keturah was the #4,758 girls' name in the US in 2025 (28 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Keturah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Keturah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Keturah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,758 (28)#3,705 (6)#3,478 (5)
2024#3,459 (45)#5,892 (3)—
2023#3,525 (44)#5,688 (3)#2,366 (8)
2022#3,893 (38)#5,670 (3)#2,553 (7)
2021#3,801 (39)#3,519 (6)#2,893 (6)
2020#4,005 (35)——
2019#2,681 (64)#5,591 (3)—
2018#3,438 (45)#5,666 (3)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,964 (55)#5,765 (3)—
2016#3,182 (51)—#3,294 (5)
2015#3,533 (44)#4,103 (5)—
2014#3,652 (42)#3,160 (7)—
2013#3,367 (47)——
2012#3,782 (41)#3,681 (6)—
2011#3,173 (52)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1982 at #1,337.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.

How common is it?

about 1 in 59,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 59,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Keturah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 49,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 75,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeturahCanadaGirls#3,4785
KeturahEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
KeturahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KeturahUSGirls#4,75828