first name
GROVER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,509 people named Grover, 71.4% reported their origin as White, 21.1% as Black and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Grover peaked in 1884, when 809 babies got the name.
At least 27,205 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Grover by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #154. The largest share of babies named Grover, 34.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Grover is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Grover has been most common in Alabama (4.4×), North Carolina (3.9×), and West Virginia (3.9×), and least common in California (0.2×).
18,348 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Grover ranks #2,024 of 156,621, with 17,441 people. See Grover as a last name
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