Grover
Grover was given to 24 boys in 2025, #4,297 among boys’ names; 27,205 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,090 Americans named Grover and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 55 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Grover by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Grover mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Grover is “a male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President.”
/ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Grover?
#4,297 among boys’ names, 2025
Grover rose from #4,940 in 2015 to #4,297 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.9 to 14.1 per million.
809 babies in 1884, the peak
Grover peaked in 1884, when 809 babies were given it (802 boys, #20 among boys’ names). The 24 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,297 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,113 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,924 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,211 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,287 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,913 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,043 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,637 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,910 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,391 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | #4,940 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,822 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,690 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,391 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,297 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,328 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,900 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,866 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,385 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,612 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,299 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,261 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,400 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,987 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,789 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,453 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,421 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,598 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,317 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,884 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,895 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,025 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,287 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,504 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,248 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,571 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,261 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,005 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,805 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,843 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,666 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,522 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,164 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,006 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 74 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 84 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 82 | #887 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 99 | #813 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 98 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 105 | #762 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 101 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 110 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 112 | #700 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 129 | #653 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 156 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 138 | #666 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 156 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 172 | #604 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 173 | #595 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 166 | #602 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 198 | #547 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 221 | #515 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 233 | #496 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 269 | #452 | 0.13 |
| 1954 | 218 | #491 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 269 | #432 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 271 | #420 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 299 | #391 | 0.16 |
| 1950 | 334 | #369 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 268 | #412 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 331 | #371 | 0.19 |
| 1947 | 323 | #381 | 0.18 |
| 1946 | 312 | #368 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 263 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1944 | 343 | #326 | 0.25 |
| 1943 | 361 | #321 | 0.25 |
| 1942 | 333 | #334 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 297 | #335 | 0.24 |
| 1940 | 309 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 315 | #313 | 0.28 |
| 1938 | 336 | #298 | 0.30 |
| 1937 | 293 | #314 | 0.27 |
| 1936 | 282 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1935 | 329 | #300 | 0.32 |
| 1934 | 316 | #305 | 0.31 |
| 1933 | 334 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1932 | 381 | #279 | 0.36 |
| 1931 | 410 | #272 | 0.39 |
| 1930 | 401 | #284 | 0.37 |
| 1929 | 434 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1928 | 472 | #261 | 0.43 |
| 1927 | 492 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1926 | 529 | #245 | 0.48 |
| 1925 | 517 | #249 | 0.46 |
| 1924 | 566 | #241 | 0.50 |
| 1923 | 575 | #229 | 0.52 |
| 1922 | 633 | #204 | 0.58 |
| 1921 | 690 | #198 | 0.63 |
| 1920 | 684 | #196 | 0.64 |
| 1919 | 680 | #189 | 0.69 |
| 1918 | 673 | #188 | 0.66 |
| 1917 | 540 | #209 | 0.58 |
| 1916 | 590 | #193 | 0.66 |
| 1915 | 478 | #217 | 0.56 |
| 1914 | 416 | #200 | 0.64 |
| 1913 | 289 | #219 | 0.56 |
| 1912 | 219 | #236 | 0.51 |
| 1911 | 114 | #238 | 0.50 |
| 1910 | 113 | #221 | 0.58 |
| 1909 | 97 | #221 | 0.59 |
| 1908 | 85 | #225 | 0.55 |
| 1907 | 71 | #249 | 0.48 |
| 1906 | 65 | #245 | 0.49 |
| 1905 | 49 | #283 | 0.37 |
| 1904 | 58 | #251 | 0.45 |
| 1903 | 55 | #252 | 0.46 |
| 1902 | 45 | #282 | 0.37 |
| 1901 | 49 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1900 | 52 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1899 | 33 | #307 | 0.31 |
| 1898 | 41 | #286 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 56 | #234 | 0.50 |
| 1896 | 74 | #205 | 0.62 |
| 1895 | 93 | #168 | 0.79 |
| 1894 | 118 | #137 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 289 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 1892 | 454 | #47 | 3.7 |
| 1891 | 163 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1890 | 177 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1889 | 210 | #83 | 1.9 |
| 1888 | 474 | #44 | 3.9 |
| 1887 | 290 | #59 | 2.9 |
| 1886 | 407 | #45 | 3.7 |
| 1885 | 768 | #20 | 7.1 |
| 1884 | 802 | #20 | 7.0 |
| 1883 | 127 | #104 | 1.2 |
| 1882 | 56 | #220 | 0.49 |
| 1881 | 32 | #281 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 18 | #410 | 0.16 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Grover a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Grover has been given almost only to boys: 92 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Grover: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Grover, and how old are they?
6,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 27,205 Americans ever recorded as Grover. The median Grover alive today is 69 years old; half are between 55 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 6,509 people named Grover (39 women and girls, 6,470 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,502 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 425 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 203 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 306 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Grover born?
The states with the most babies named Grover are North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2,074 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Georgia | 1,526 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Alabama | 1,508 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Texas | 1,255 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 1,171 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Kentucky | 1,021 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| South Carolina | 1,013 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Mississippi | 902 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Tennessee | 898 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Ohio | 722 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Grover is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Grover is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Grover with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Grover
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Grover and names like it
- Compare Grover and ArchBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1880sGrover peaked in 1884.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Grover since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Grover: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1884The year the most babies were named Grover.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Grover alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.