Names / Boy names
Grover
Current rank
#4,298
holding steady
All-time peak
#20
in 1884
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
27,200
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #20 in 1884 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Grove dweller. Stateside, it first appears in 1880. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Its strongest year was 1884, at #20 nationally. Across all years, more than 27,200 children have been named this.