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

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Peak · boys
#20
1884 · 802 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
27,113
since 1880

Grover over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #20, 1884boys
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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—#4,24924
2024—#4,07226
2023—#3,88328
2022—#4,18425
2021—#4,24724
2020—#4,85519
2019—#4,00326
2018—#3,60730
2017—#3,88927
2016—#5,31817
2015—#4,89019
2014—#5,73315
2013—#3,66128
2012—#8,1589
2011—#8,0799
2010—#5,25117
2009—#7,69210
2008—#5,76715
2007—#6,26213
2006—#5,52515
2005—#7,09610
2004—#6,13812
2003—#6,25811
2002—#4,91915
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,38917
1999—#4,34116
1998—#5,46611
1997—#4,24615
1996—#3,83017
1995—#4,79112
1994—#5,8689
1993—#3,24620
1992—#3,45918
1991—#3,22419
1990—#2,55326
1989—#2,24530
1988—#1,98932
1987—#1,97431
1986—#1,79134
1985—#1,83432
1984—#1,58138
1983—#1,65135
1982—#1,51441
1981—#1,22556
1980—#1,39146
1979—#1,20657
1978—#1,29948
1977—#1,15857
1976—#1,00568
1975—#1,12756
1974—#94874
1973—#86584
1972—#88782
1971—#81199
1970—#81898
1969—#762105
1968—#742101
1967—#705110
1966—#698112
1965—#653129
1964—#622156
1963—#666138
1962—#618156
1961—#603172
1960—#596173
1959—#602166
1958—#547198
1957—#516221
1956—#497233
1955—#453269
1954—#490218
1953—#432269
1952—#421271
1951—#392299
1950—#370334
1949—#412268
1948—#371331
1947—#381323
1946#4,4176#368312
1945—#369263
1944—#326343
1943—#320361
1942—#334333
1941—#334297
1940—#320309
1939#3,7826#313315
1938—#298336
1937—#314293
1936—#320282
1935—#300329
1934—#305316
1933—#290334
1932—#279381
1931#4,3315#272410
1930—#284401
1929#4,5705#268434
1928—#261472
1927—#258492
1926#3,8737#245529
1925#3,6648#249517
1924#3,3939#241566
1923—#229575
1922#4,0117#204633
1921—#198690
1920#3,09710#196684
1919#4,2516#189680
1918#4,8095#188673
1917—#209540
1916—#193590
1915—#217478
1914—#200416
1913—#219289
1912—#236219
1911—#237114
1910—#221113
1909—#22197
1908—#22585
1907—#24871
1906—#24265
1905—#28149
1904—#24958
1903—#25255
1902—#28245
1901—#24549
1900—#28752
1899—#30633
1898—#28541
1897—#23456
1896—#20574
1895—#16893
1894—#137118
1893—#67289
1892#1,4505#47454
1891—#99163
1890—#99177
1889—#83210
1888—#44474
1887—#59290
1886—#45407
1885#9216#20768
1884#8517#20802
1883—#104127
1882—#22056
1881—#27632
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #20 (802 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1884–1893
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 140
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Grover (5,592) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,184#20 (1884)#127
1890s1,498#47 (1892)#165
1900s626#221 (1909)#253
1910s4,112#188 (1918)#211
1920s5,592#196 (1920)#235
1930s3,397#272 (1931)#298
1940s3,140#320 (1943)#354
1950s2,478#370 (1950)#472
1960s1,352#596 (1960)#667
1970s723#811 (1971)#1,012
1980s375#1,225 (1981)#1,720
1990s163#2,553 (1990)#4,102
2000s130#4,389 (2000)#5,971
2010s197#3,607 (2018)#5,259
2020s146#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 1887

boys
#59
290 births · 1 in 350 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #59Grover290
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 350 of them was named Grover, which outranked 94.5% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grover
  1. #56Jacob317
  2. #57Edwin310
  3. #58Ben305
  4. #59Grover290
  5. #60Lawrence283
  6. #61Harold279
  7. #62Ed275
Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →