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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
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.
Where Grover is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Carolina#365 · 1 in 3,890
- Kentucky#384 · 1 in 5,786
- Virginia#396 · 1 in 5,461
- Georgia#422 · 1 in 5,012
- Alabama#426 · 1 in 5,145
Best ever in a state: #64 in North Carolina, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #365 | 6 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Kentucky | #384 | 5 | 1 in 5,786 |
| Virginia | #396 | 7 | 1 in 5,461 |
| Georgia | #422 | 9 | 1 in 5,012 |
| Alabama | #426 | 6 | 1 in 5,145 |
| North Carolina | #540 | 5 | 1 in 9,120 |
| Florida | #588 | 6 | 1 in 8,958 |
| Ohio | #674 | 5 | 1 in 19,388 |
| Illinois | #822 | 5 | 1 in 19,353 |
| New York | #970 | 6 | 1 in 25,772 |
| California | #1,207 | 5 | 1 in 35,673 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| 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 1970
boys
#818
98 births · 1 in 18,962 boys
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 18,962 of them was named Grover, which outranked 84.9% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).