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
1884 · 802 births
Debut · boys
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #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 1892

girls
#1,450
5 births · 1 in 42,468 girls
boys
#47
454 births · 1 in 269 boys

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #1,450Grover5

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #47Grover454
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 42,468 of them was named Grover, which outranked 12.7% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grover
  1. #1,278Zelle6
  2. #1,278Zilla6
  3. #1,278Zylpha6
  4. #1,450Grover5
  5. #1,450Adelaida5
  6. #1,450Adrienne5
  7. #1,450Albena5

Tied with 211 names at #1,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 553Lollie#1,093#540
  2. 536Leonore#1,332#796
  3. 528Gwendolyn#1,213#685
  4. 507Antonette#1,213#706
  5. 507Monnie#1,213#706
Fallers
  1. 700Nathalie#750#1,450
  2. 654Eudora#624#1,278
  3. 611Leva#839#1,450
  4. 611Roy#839#1,450
  5. 609Pollie#669#1,278

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

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 269 of them was named Grover, which outranked 96.3% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grover
  1. #44Lawrence468
  2. #45Peter465
  3. #46Lee460
  4. #47Grover454
  5. #48Frederick453
  6. #49Leo444
  7. #50Francis429
Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 559Pierce#963#404
  2. 505Milford#963#458
  3. 466Rose#963#497
  4. 466Omar#963#497
  5. 396Shelby#841#445
Fallers
  1. 542Maude#524#1,066
  2. 502Bernice#564#1,066
  3. 502Wilton#564#1,066
  4. 480Wellington#476#956
  5. 469Jule#597#1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892