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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #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 1924

girls
#3,393
9 births · 1 in 138,764 girls
boys
#241
566 births · 1 in 2,001 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #3,393Grover9

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #241Grover566
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 138,764 of them was named Grover, which outranked 42.5% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grover
  1. #3,144Zannie10
  2. #3,144Zenith10
  3. #3,144Zilphia10
  4. #3,393Grover9
  5. #3,393Adean9
  6. #3,393Adrianna9
  7. #3,393Aina9
  8. #3,665Adie8
  9. #3,665Adria8
  10. #3,665Adrianne8

Tied with 271 names at #3,393; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 2,001 of them was named Grover, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grover
  1. #237Laurence575
  2. #239August574
  3. #240Tommy568
  4. #241Grover566
  5. #242Percy560
  6. #243Troy559
  7. #244Abraham554
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924