# Keturah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keturah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “keturah” |
| Pronunciation | /kɪˈtʊər.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,541 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,541 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 104, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew קְטוּרָה (Qəṭūrā, “Keturah”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 3,202 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,821 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,384 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,691 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,563 |
| 2016 | 51 | 3,204 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,991 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,464 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,698 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,052 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,844 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,927 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,548 |
| 2024 | 45 | 3,482 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,819 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Keturah

- Keturah Anderson, Canadian athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.