Ketra
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ktɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ketra is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 11 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)
282 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ketra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 282 | 1 in 1.2M | 276 | Ketra | 7 |
| FR France | — | — | — | Ketra | 11 |
| IN India | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| DM Dominica | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | — | 1 | — | — |
282 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ketra is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Albanian, indefinite nominative/accusative plural of ketër
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 276 | #30,742 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 9 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ketra?
- A machine transcription gives /ktɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Ketra a male or female name?
- Ketra is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Ketra have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 282 people named Ketra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ketra.
- Where is Ketra most common?
- Ketra is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ketra?
- In the United States, the national register counted 282 people named Ketra in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ketraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ketra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.