Keturah
2025 SSA
About Keturah
Keturah, the Old Testament name of Abraham's second wife, is a possibility for anyone seeking a truly unusual and interesting biblical name; certainly a lot more distinctive than that of Abraham's first wife, Sarah.
Keturah bore Abraham six sons, who were characterized by one historian as "men of courage and of sagacious minds." Through them, Keturah was the ancestor of sixteen tribes. In the eighteenth century it was believed by some that Keturah was the ancestor of African peoples.
This is a name not readily found in popular culture, though there was a character named Keturah on the TV sci-fi show Stargate Atlantis—but he just happened to be male.
Pronounced kuh-TOO-ruh.
As of October 2026, Keturah ranked #4819 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1339 in 1982.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,752 | 41 | 23 |
| 2015 | #3,561 | 44 | 24.6 |
| 2016 | #3,203 | 51 | 28.8 |
| 2017 | #2,990 | 55 | 31.9 |
| 2018 | #3,463 | 45 | 26.5 |
| 2019 | #2,698 | 64 | 38.1 |
| 2020 | #4,049 | 35 | 21.7 |
| 2021 | #3,840 | 39 | 23.8 |
| 2022 | #3,926 | 38 | 23.2 |
| 2023 | #3,547 | 44 | 27.4 |
| 2024 | #3,460 | 45 | 27.8 |
| 2025 | #4,819 | 28 | 17.4 |
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Famous Keturahs
- Keturah
Biblical second wife of Abraham
- Keturah Orji
American triple jumper
- Keturah "Katie" Anderson
Canadian hurdler
- Keturah Moss Leitch Taylor
American settler in Kentucky; wife of Quartermaster General James Taylor
- Keturah Kamugasa
Ugandan journalist
- Keturah Strong
daughter of Selah and Anna Strong
Keturah in pop culture
- Keturah "Ketty
" character in The Medusa Project series
- "Keturah and Lord Death
" novel by Martine Leavitt