Grover was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #20 in 1884 but is far less common today.
Grover is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,298 for boy births in the United States (and #9,185 across all names), given to 24 babies. Grover first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1884 (802 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,298 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,116 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,927 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,215 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,291 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,917 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,047 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,641 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,914 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,395 |
| 2015 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,942 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,826 |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,692 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,397 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,304 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,331 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,905 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,871 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,389 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,616 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,306 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,267 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,407 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,994 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | — | #5,796 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,460 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,426 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,605 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | — | #4,322 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | — | #3,890 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #4,901 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | — | #6,031 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | — | #3,293 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | — | #3,510 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | — | #3,254 |
| 1990 | 26 | — | — | #2,576 |
| 1989 | 30 | — | — | #2,267 |
| 1988 | 32 | — | — | #2,010 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | — | #1,988 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | — | #1,807 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | — | #1,844 |
| 1984 | 38 | — | — | #1,588 |
| 1983 | 35 | — | — | #1,667 |
| 1982 | 41 | — | — | #1,523 |
| 1981 | 56 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1980 | 46 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1979 | 57 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | — | #1,309 |
| 1977 | 57 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1976 | 68 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1975 | 56 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1974 | 74 | — | — | #949 |
| 1973 | 84 | — | — | #869 |
| 1972 | 82 | — | — | #887 |
| 1971 | 99 | — | — | #813 |
| 1970 | 98 | — | — | #819 |
| 1969 | 105 | — | — | #762 |
| 1968 | 101 | — | — | #742 |
| 1967 | 110 | — | — | #705 |
| 1966 | 112 | — | — | #700 |
| 1965 | 129 | — | — | #653 |
| 1964 | 156 | — | — | #622 |
| 1963 | 138 | — | — | #666 |
| 1962 | 156 | — | — | #622 |
| 1961 | 172 | — | — | #604 |
| 1960 | 173 | — | — | #596 |
| 1959 | 166 | — | — | #603 |
| 1958 | 198 | — | — | #548 |
| 1957 | 221 | — | — | #516 |
| 1956 | 233 | — | — | #497 |
| 1955 | 269 | — | — | #453 |
| 1954 | 218 | — | — | #492 |
| 1953 | 269 | — | — | #433 |
| 1952 | 271 | — | — | #421 |
| 1951 | 299 | — | — | #392 |
| 1950 | 334 | — | — | #370 |
| 1949 | 268 | — | — | #413 |
| 1948 | 331 | — | — | #371 |
| 1947 | 323 | — | — | #381 |
| 1946 | 318 | — | #4,642 | #368 |
| 1945 | 263 | — | — | #370 |
| 1944 | 343 | — | — | #326 |
| 1943 | 361 | — | — | #321 |
| 1942 | 333 | — | — | #334 |
| 1941 | 297 | — | — | #335 |
| 1940 | 309 | — | — | #321 |
| 1939 | 321 | — | #3,956 | #313 |
| 1938 | 336 | — | — | #298 |
| 1937 | 293 | — | — | #314 |
| 1936 | 282 | — | — | #320 |
| 1935 | 329 | — | — | #300 |
| 1934 | 316 | — | — | #305 |
| 1933 | 334 | — | — | #290 |
| 1932 | 381 | — | — | #279 |
| 1931 | 415 | — | #4,606 | #272 |
| 1930 | 401 | — | — | #284 |
| 1929 | 439 | — | #4,875 | #268 |
| 1928 | 472 | — | — | #261 |
| 1927 | 492 | — | — | #258 |
| 1926 | 536 | — | #4,039 | #245 |
| 1925 | 525 | — | #3,828 | #249 |
| 1924 | 575 | — | #3,491 | #241 |
| 1923 | 575 | — | — | #229 |
| 1922 | 640 | — | #4,194 | #204 |
| 1921 | 690 | — | — | #198 |
| 1920 | 694 | — | #3,200 | #196 |
| 1919 | 686 | — | #4,482 | #189 |
| 1918 | 678 | — | #5,131 | #188 |
| 1917 | 540 | — | — | #209 |
| 1916 | 590 | — | — | #193 |
| 1915 | 478 | — | — | #217 |
| 1914 | 416 | — | — | #200 |
| 1913 | 289 | — | — | #219 |
| 1912 | 219 | — | — | #236 |
| 1911 | 114 | — | — | #238 |
| 1910 | 113 | — | — | #221 |
| 1909 | 97 | — | — | #221 |
| 1908 | 85 | — | — | #225 |
| 1907 | 71 | — | — | #249 |
| 1906 | 65 | — | — | #245 |
| 1905 | 49 | — | — | #283 |
| 1904 | 58 | — | — | #251 |
| 1903 | 55 | — | — | #252 |
| 1902 | 45 | — | — | #282 |
| 1901 | 49 | — | — | #247 |
| 1900 | 52 | — | — | #288 |
| 1899 | 33 | — | — | #307 |
| 1898 | 41 | — | — | #286 |
| 1897 | 56 | — | — | #234 |
| 1896 | 74 | — | — | #205 |
| 1895 | 93 | — | — | #168 |
| 1894 | 118 | — | — | #137 |
| 1893 | 289 | — | — | #67 |
| 1892 | 459 | — | #1,542 | #47 |
| 1891 | 163 | — | — | #99 |
| 1890 | 177 | — | — | #99 |
| 1889 | 210 | — | — | #83 |
| 1888 | 474 | — | — | #44 |
| 1887 | 290 | — | — | #59 |
| 1886 | 407 | — | — | #45 |
| 1885 | 774 | — | #973 | #20 |
| 1884 | 809 | — | #886 | #20 |
| 1883 | 127 | — | — | #104 |
| 1882 | 56 | — | — | #220 |
| 1881 | 32 | — | — | #281 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | — | #410 |