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Grover: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 24 in 2025. Its best rank was #20 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #20 in 1885; #4,298 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Grover in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,298 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #20.
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Grover: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 24 boys in 2025. Peak: #20 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 802 (1884).
In 2025, 24 US boys were named Grover, making it the 4,298th most common boys’ name of the year, down 182 places from #4,116 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 26 boys named Grover in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #20, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 802, in 1884. For comparison, it was #4,942 in 2015 and #370 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Grover in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 18 babies with the name. In all, 27,205 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,638 babies named Grover.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 246 US boys were named Grover; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 30. In 2025 that was about 1 in 71,170 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 24 | #4,298 |
| 2024 | — | — | 26 | #4,116 |
| 2023 | — | — | 28 | #3,927 |
| 2022 | — | — | 25 | #4,215 |
| 2021 | — | — | 24 | #4,291 |
| 2020 | — | — | 19 | #4,917 |
| 2019 | — | — | 26 | #4,047 |
| 2018 | — | — | 30 | #3,641 |
| 2017 | — | — | 27 | #3,914 |
| 2016 | — | — | 17 | #5,395 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #4,942 |
| 2014 | — | — | 15 | #5,826 |
| 2013 | — | — | 28 | #3,692 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,397 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,304 |
| 2010 | — | — | 17 | #5,331 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #7,905 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #5,871 |
| 2007 | — | — | 13 | #6,389 |
| 2006 | — | — | 15 | #5,616 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,306 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,267 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,407 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #4,994 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,796 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,460 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,426 |
| 1998 | — | — | 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 | 6 | #4,642 | 312 | #368 |
| 1945 | — | — | 263 | #370 |
| 1944 | — | — | 343 | #326 |
| 1943 | — | — | 361 | #321 |
| 1942 | — | — | 333 | #334 |
| 1941 | — | — | 297 | #335 |
| 1940 | — | — | 309 | #321 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,956 | 315 | #313 |
| 1938 | — | — | 336 | #298 |
| 1937 | — | — | 293 | #314 |
| 1936 | — | — | 282 | #320 |
| 1935 | — | — | 329 | #300 |
| 1934 | — | — | 316 | #305 |
| 1933 | — | — | 334 | #290 |
| 1932 | — | — | 381 | #279 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,606 | 410 | #272 |
| 1930 | — | — | 401 | #284 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,875 | 434 | #268 |
| 1928 | — | — | 472 | #261 |
| 1927 | — | — | 492 | #258 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,039 | 529 | #245 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,828 | 517 | #249 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,491 | 566 | #241 |
| 1923 | — | — | 575 | #229 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,194 | 633 | #204 |
| 1921 | — | — | 690 | #198 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,200 | 684 | #196 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,482 | 680 | #189 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,131 | 673 | #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 | 5 | #1,542 | 454 | #47 |
| 1891 | — | — | 163 | #99 |
| 1890 | — | — | 177 | #99 |
| 1889 | — | — | 210 | #83 |
| 1888 | — | — | 474 | #44 |
| 1887 | — | — | 290 | #59 |
| 1886 | — | — | 407 | #45 |
| 1885 | 6 | #973 | 768 | #20 |
| 1884 | 7 | #886 | 802 | #20 |
| 1883 | — | — | 127 | #104 |
| 1882 | — | — | 56 | #220 |
| 1881 | — | — | 32 | #281 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #410 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).