Is Grover a boy or girl name?
Grover is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 26 boys were named Grover, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.3% of the 27,181 US babies named Grover were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #4,102
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Grover since 1880
- 27,181
- Most popular year
- 1884
- 809 babies
Boys and girls named Grover, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,184 | 13 | 0.4% |
| 1890s | 1,498 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 1900s | 626 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 4,112 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 1920s | 5,592 | 46 | 0.8% |
| 1930s | 3,397 | 11 | 0.3% |
| 1940s | 3,140 | 6 | 0.2% |
| 1950s | 2,478 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 1,352 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 723 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 375 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 163 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 130 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 197 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 122 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26 | #4,102 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,923 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,212 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,291 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,913 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,043 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,640 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,914 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,392 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,941 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,825 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,692 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,395 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,302 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,331 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,902 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,871 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,386 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,616 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,305 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,267 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,406 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,993 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,796 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,459 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,426 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,605 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,322 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,890 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,901 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,030 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,293 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,511 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,254 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,576 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,267 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 32 | #2,010 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,988 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,807 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,844 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,588 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,667 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,522 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,228 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,398 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,210 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,309 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,164 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,006 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,130 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 74 | #949 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 84 | #869 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 82 | #887 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 99 | #814 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 98 | #819 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 105 | #763 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 102 | #737 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 109 | #711 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 112 | #700 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 129 | #653 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 156 | #622 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 137 | #668 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 157 | #617 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 173 | #602 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 172 | #597 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 166 | #603 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 198 | #547 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 221 | #516 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 233 | #497 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 269 | #453 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 218 | #492 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 269 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 271 | #421 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 299 | #392 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 334 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 268 | #413 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 331 | #371 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 323 | #381 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 312 | #368 | 6 | #4,642 |
| 1945 | 263 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 343 | #326 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 361 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 333 | #334 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 297 | #335 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 309 | #321 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 315 | #313 | 6 | #3,956 |
| 1938 | 336 | #298 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 293 | #314 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 282 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 329 | #300 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 316 | #305 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 334 | #290 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 381 | #279 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 410 | #272 | 5 | #4,606 |
| 1930 | 401 | #284 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 434 | #268 | 5 | #4,875 |
| 1928 | 472 | #261 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 492 | #258 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 529 | #245 | 7 | #4,039 |
| 1925 | 517 | #249 | 8 | #3,828 |
| 1924 | 566 | #241 | 9 | #3,491 |
| 1923 | 575 | #229 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 633 | #204 | 7 | #4,193 |
| 1921 | 690 | #198 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 684 | #196 | 10 | #3,200 |
| 1919 | 680 | #189 | 6 | #4,482 |
| 1918 | 673 | #188 | 5 | #5,131 |
| 1917 | 540 | #209 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 590 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 478 | #217 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 416 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 289 | #219 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 219 | #236 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 114 | #238 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 113 | #221 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 97 | #221 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 85 | #225 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 71 | #249 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 65 | #245 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 49 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 58 | #251 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 55 | #252 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 45 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 49 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 52 | #288 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 33 | #307 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 41 | #286 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 56 | #234 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 74 | #205 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 93 | #168 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 118 | #137 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 289 | #67 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 454 | #47 | 5 | #1,542 |
| 1891 | 163 | #99 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 177 | #99 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 210 | #83 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 474 | #44 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 290 | #59 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 407 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 768 | #20 | 6 | #973 |
| 1884 | 802 | #20 | 7 | #886 |
| 1883 | 127 | #104 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 56 | #220 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 32 | #281 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 18 | #410 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Grover reached #20 in 1884. As a girl name, it reached #886 in 1884. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1880s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.