Grover
Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,417 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 802 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,113since 1880
Grover over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,072 | 26 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,247 | 24 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,553 | 26 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,989 | 32 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,791 | 34 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,581 | 38 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,514 | 41 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,225 | 56 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,206 | 57 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,158 | 57 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,005 | 68 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,127 | 56 | |
| 1974 | — | #948 | 74 | |
| 1973 | — | #865 | 84 | |
| 1972 | — | #887 | 82 | |
| 1971 | — | #811 | 99 | |
| 1970 | — | #818 | 98 | |
| 1969 | — | #762 | 105 | |
| 1968 | — | #742 | 101 | |
| 1967 | — | #705 | 110 | |
| 1966 | — | #698 | 112 | |
| 1965 | — | #653 | 129 | |
| 1964 | — | #622 | 156 | |
| 1963 | — | #666 | 138 | |
| 1962 | — | #618 | 156 | |
| 1961 | — | #603 | 172 | |
| 1960 | — | #596 | 173 | |
| 1959 | — | #602 | 166 | |
| 1958 | — | #547 | 198 | |
| 1957 | — | #516 | 221 | |
| 1956 | — | #497 | 233 | |
| 1955 | — | #453 | 269 | |
| 1954 | — | #490 | 218 | |
| 1953 | — | #432 | 269 | |
| 1952 | — | #421 | 271 | |
| 1951 | — | #392 | 299 | |
| 1950 | — | #370 | 334 | |
| 1949 | — | #412 | 268 | |
| 1948 | — | #371 | 331 | |
| 1947 | — | #381 | 323 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #368 | 312 |
| 1945 | — | #369 | 263 | |
| 1944 | — | #326 | 343 | |
| 1943 | — | #320 | 361 | |
| 1942 | — | #334 | 333 | |
| 1941 | — | #334 | 297 | |
| 1940 | — | #320 | 309 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #313 | 315 |
| 1938 | — | #298 | 336 | |
| 1937 | — | #314 | 293 | |
| 1936 | — | #320 | 282 | |
| 1935 | — | #300 | 329 | |
| 1934 | — | #305 | 316 | |
| 1933 | — | #290 | 334 | |
| 1932 | — | #279 | 381 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #272 | 410 |
| 1930 | — | #284 | 401 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #268 | 434 |
| 1928 | — | #261 | 472 | |
| 1927 | — | #258 | 492 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #245 | 529 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #249 | 517 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #241 | 566 |
| 1923 | — | #229 | 575 | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #204 | 633 |
| 1921 | — | #198 | 690 | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #196 | 684 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #189 | 680 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #188 | 673 |
| 1917 | — | #209 | 540 | |
| 1916 | — | #193 | 590 | |
| 1915 | — | #217 | 478 | |
| 1914 | — | #200 | 416 | |
| 1913 | — | #219 | 289 | |
| 1912 | — | #236 | 219 | |
| 1911 | — | #237 | 114 | |
| 1910 | — | #221 | 113 | |
| 1909 | — | #221 | 97 | |
| 1908 | — | #225 | 85 | |
| 1907 | — | #248 | 71 | |
| 1906 | — | #242 | 65 | |
| 1905 | — | #281 | 49 | |
| 1904 | — | #249 | 58 | |
| 1903 | — | #252 | 55 | |
| 1902 | — | #282 | 45 | |
| 1901 | — | #245 | 49 | |
| 1900 | — | #287 | 52 | |
| 1899 | — | #306 | 33 | |
| 1898 | — | #285 | 41 | |
| 1897 | — | #234 | 56 | |
| 1896 | — | #205 | 74 | |
| 1895 | — | #168 | 93 | |
| 1894 | — | #137 | 118 | |
| 1893 | — | #67 | 289 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #47 | 454 |
| 1891 | — | #99 | 163 | |
| 1890 | — | #99 | 177 | |
| 1889 | — | #83 | 210 | |
| 1888 | — | #44 | 474 | |
| 1887 | — | #59 | 290 | |
| 1886 | — | #45 | 407 | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | #20 | 768 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | #20 | 802 |
| 1883 | — | #104 | 127 | |
| 1882 | — | #220 | 56 | |
| 1881 | — | #276 | 32 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Grover was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
See more about Grover
- 177 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #4,249)
- 606 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #4,249)
- 641 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1881 (#403 → #276)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1975 (#948 → #1,127)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #20 (802 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1884–1893
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 140 boys born in 1885 were named Grover (0.71%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #20 in 1884, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.6% of all boys named Grover (5,592) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,184 | #20 (1884) | #127 |
| 1890s | 1,498 | #47 (1892) | #165 |
| 1900s | 626 | #221 (1909) | #253 |
| 1910s | 4,112 | #188 (1918) | #211 |
| 1920s | 5,592 | #196 (1920) | #235 |
| 1930s | 3,397 | #272 (1931) | #298 |
| 1940s | 3,140 | #320 (1943) | #354 |
| 1950s | 2,478 | #370 (1950) | #472 |
| 1960s | 1,352 | #596 (1960) | #667 |
| 1970s | 723 | #811 (1971) | #1,012 |
| 1980s | 375 | #1,225 (1981) | #1,720 |
| 1990s | 163 | #2,553 (1990) | #4,102 |
| 2000s | 130 | #4,389 (2000) | #5,971 |
| 2010s | 197 | #3,607 (2018) | #5,259 |
| 2020s | 146 | #3,883 (2023) | #4,248 |
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.
Grover in 1884
Top girls' names in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 18,431 of them was named Grover, which outranked 27.4% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #793Verne8
- #793Violetta8
- #793Zona8
- #851Grover7
- #851Adelina7
- #851Alida7
- #851Alzina7
- #930Abby6
- #930Amber6
- #930Annabell6
Tied with 78 names at #851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 143 of them was named Grover, which outranked 98.2% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).