Katurah
Keturah was a wife and a concubine of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham and Keturah had six sons. According to Jewish tradition, she was a descendant of Noah's son Ham.
Meaning & Origin of Katurah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Keturah was a wife and a concubine of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham married Keturah after the death of his first wife, Sarah. Abraham and Keturah had six sons. According to Jewish tradition, she was a descendant of Noah's son Ham.
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The Story of Katurah
Katurah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 10 Katurahs were born — ranking #8,066 that year. As of 2026, Katurah ranks #10,293 for baby girls with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 280 Katurahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Katurah
Katurah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 280 births in the dataset. Katurah's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #8,066. Use the chart and map above to compare Katurah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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