How Many People Are Named Keturah?
people named Keturah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 103,602 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,541 babies named Keturah in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
96 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "incense" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is Abraham's wife after Sarah dies.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Keturah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Keturah alive today is about 30 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Keturah first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1992, to 96 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Keturah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,339, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,818.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,818 |
| Best rank | #1,339 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,884 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Keturah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Keturah were born in New York than in any other state: about 229 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keturah was given 3.2 times as often in Florida, 3.1 times in New York and 3.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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