Glover

Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1899 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,114
since 1885

Glover over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Glover has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #714, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#6,4157
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984#6,3155
1983
1982#4,5938
1981
1980#6,2505
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974#3,8378
1973
1972#3,3449
1971#4,9075
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#3,9665
1966#3,9485
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#3,3187
1962#2,67310
1961#3,0978
1960#2,53511
1959#2,53011
1958#2,37012
1957#2,19014
1956#3,9425
1955#2,30212
1954#2,59210
1953#2,18613
1952#1,93916
1951#2,05514
1950#2,7708
1949#1,87216
1948#1,88116
1947#2,25112
1946#1,50922
1945#1,77215
1944#2,08012
1943#1,76417
1942#2,14512
1941#2,4919
1940#2,32210
1939#1,71216
1938#1,36424
1937#1,57619
1936#1,96413
1935#1,75716
1934#1,46122
1933#1,77016
1932#1,65119
1931#1,48922
1930#1,82117
1929#1,44325
1928#1,70720
1927#1,37229
1926#1,91117
1925#1,45126
1924#1,62823
1923#1,58923
1922#1,59123
1921#5,0995#1,41228
1920#1,41627
1919#1,35128
1918#1,44625
1917#1,26429
1916#1,54921
1915#1,18130
1914#1,38819
1913#99525
1912#1,17416
1911
1910#1,04510
1909
1908#1,3735
1907#9998
1906#1,1116
1905
1904#8748
1903#9107
1902
1901#8587
1900#1,3105
1899#7149
1898#8857
1897#8527
1896#8268
1895#1,0795
1894#8577
1893
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888#8157
1887#7527
1886
1885#7657
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Glover! It came in at #765, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Glover
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1901 (#1,310#858)
  • Biggest drop: 596 spots in 1900 (#714#1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1899 at #714 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1896–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,801
  • Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Glover (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 384,174 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.6% of all boys named Glover (241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#752 (1887)#777
1890s53#714 (1899)#905
1900s46#858 (1901)#1,062
1910s203#995 (1913)#1,266
1920s241#1,372 (1927)#1,552
1930s184#1,364 (1938)#1,657
1940s141#1,509 (1946)#2,009
1950s115#1,939 (1952)#2,488
1960s58#2,535 (1960)#3,351
1970s22#3,344 (1972)#4,029
1980s18#4,593 (1982)#5,719
1990s7#6,415 (1990)#6,415
2000s0
2010s5#12,108 (2014)#12,108

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Glover in 1899

boys
#714
9 births · 1 in 11,801 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #714Glover9
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 11,801 of them was named Glover, which outranked 40.5% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Glover
  1. #661Vivian10
  2. #661Weldon10
  3. #661Worth10
  4. #714Glover9
  5. #714Addie9
  6. #714Alden9
  7. #714Alfredo9
  8. #786Agnes8
  9. #786Antone8
  10. #786Asbury8

Tied with 71 names at #714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899