How Many People Are Named Grover?
people named Grover are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,320 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,205 babies named Grover in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
809 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "grove of trees" from Old English graf. A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), who popularized the name in the United States at the end of the 19th century. The name is now associated with a muppet character from the children's television program 'Sesame Street'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Grover (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Grover alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Grover first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1884, to 809 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Grover never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 1884 to 1885, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1884 to 1893. In 2025 it ranked #4,297.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,297 |
| Best rank | #20 (1884 to 1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (1884 to 1893) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #235 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Grover alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Grover were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Grover was given 3.6 times as often in North Carolina, 3.3 times in Alabama and 3 times in South Carolina.
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