Grover
Boy · GROH-ver · English
Grover is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lives by a grove”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Grover mean?
English: English surname from Old English graf 'grove'
“lives by a grove”
Borne by US President Grover Cleveland; also the furry blue monster of Sesame Street.
- Say it
- GROH-ver
More on Wiktionary.
Is Grover a girl's or a boy's name?
Grover is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grover in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Grover, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1884, with 802 boys.
Half of all the boys named Grover in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1946, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grover in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,225 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,158 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,005 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 74 | #948 |
| 1973 | 84 | #865 |
| 1972 | 82 | #887 |
| 1971 | 99 | #811 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 105 | #762 |
| 1968 | 101 | #742 |
| 1967 | 110 | #705 |
| 1966 | 112 | #698 |
| 1965 | 129 | #653 |
| 1964 | 156 | #622 |
| 1963 | 138 | #666 |
| 1962 | 156 | #618 |
| 1961 | 172 | #603 |
| 1960 | 173 | #595 |
| 1959 | 166 | #601 |
| 1958 | 198 | #546 |
| 1957 | 221 | #515 |
| 1956 | 233 | #496 |
| 1955 | 269 | #452 |
| 1954 | 218 | #489 |
| 1953 | 269 | #431 |
| 1952 | 271 | #420 |
| 1951 | 299 | #391 |
| 1950 | 334 | #369 |
| 1949 | 268 | #411 |
| 1948 | 331 | #371 |
| 1947 | 323 | #381 |
| 1946 | 312 | #368 |
| 1945 | 263 | #369 |
| 1944 | 343 | #326 |
| 1943 | 361 | #320 |
| 1942 | 333 | #334 |
| 1941 | 297 | #334 |
| 1940 | 309 | #320 |
| 1939 | 315 | #313 |
| 1938 | 336 | #298 |
| 1937 | 293 | #314 |
| 1936 | 282 | #320 |
| 1935 | 329 | #300 |
| 1934 | 316 | #305 |
| 1933 | 334 | #290 |
| 1932 | 381 | #279 |
| 1931 | 410 | #272 |
| 1930 | 401 | #284 |
| 1929 | 434 | #268 |
| 1928 | 472 | #261 |
| 1927 | 492 | #258 |
| 1926 | 529 | #245 |
| 1925 | 517 | #249 |
| 1924 | 566 | #241 |
| 1923 | 575 | #229 |
| 1922 | 633 | #204 |
| 1921 | 690 | #198 |
| 1920 | 684 | #196 |
| 1919 | 680 | #189 |
| 1918 | 673 | #188 |
| 1917 | 540 | #209 |
| 1916 | 590 | #193 |
| 1915 | 478 | #217 |
| 1914 | 416 | #200 |
| 1913 | 289 | #219 |
| 1912 | 219 | #236 |
| 1911 | 114 | #237 |
| 1910 | 113 | #221 |
| 1909 | 97 | #221 |
| 1908 | 85 | #225 |
| 1907 | 71 | #248 |
| 1906 | 65 | #242 |
| 1905 | 49 | #281 |
| 1904 | 58 | #249 |
| 1903 | 55 | #252 |
| 1902 | 45 | #282 |
| 1901 | 49 | #245 |
| 1900 | 52 | #287 |
| 1899 | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | 41 | #285 |
| 1897 | 56 | #234 |
| 1896 | 74 | #205 |
| 1895 | 93 | #168 |
| 1894 | 118 | #137 |
| 1893 | 289 | #67 |
| 1892 | 454 | #47 |
| 1891 | 163 | #99 |
| 1890 | 177 | #99 |
| 1889 | 210 | #83 |
| 1888 | 474 | #44 |
| 1887 | 290 | #59 |
| 1886 | 407 | #45 |
| 1885 | 768 | #20 |
| 1884 | 802 | #20 |
| 1883 | 127 | #104 |
| 1882 | 56 | #220 |
| 1881 | 32 | #276 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
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