Grover
Grover was the 4298th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 20th with 802 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 644 places. More babies were named Grover in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning "one who lives by a grove" · English
Say it GROH-ver /ˈɡroʊvər/
- Rank in 2025
- #4,298 boys, up 619 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1884802 babies
- Total since 1880
- 27,205babies recorded
What does the name Grover mean?
Grover is an English surname for someone who lived by a grove, from grove plus the ending -er. It became a first name in the US in the 1880s and 1890s in honor of President Grover Cleveland. Wikipedia notes that Cleveland's first name was actually Stephen, after a minister named Stephen Grover, and that he went by his middle name. It is also the name of the Sesame Street muppet.
grāf (Old English, “grove”)-er (English, “agent ending (dweller by)”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Grove.
See also: English names, names that mean tree.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Grover', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Grover (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Grover popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 92 since 1884.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,298 | 24 |
| 2020 | #4,917 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,331 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,460 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,576 | 26 |
| 1980 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1970 | #819 | 98 |
| 1960 | #596 | 173 |
| 1950 | #370 | 334 |
| 1940 | #321 | 309 |
| 1930 | #284 | 401 |
| 1920 | #196 | 684 |
| 1910 | #221 | 113 |
| 1900 | #288 | 52 |
| 1890 | #99 | 177 |
| 1880 | #410 | 18 |
How popular is Grover, counting every spelling?
Grover has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Grover?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Grover (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Grover born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Grover.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Grover?
About 6,100 people born in the US named Grover are alive today, with a median age of 69; half are between 55 and 78. That makes Grover a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Grover: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Grover, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Grover · Sibling names for Grover
Questions about the name Grover
What does Grover mean?
Grover means “"one who lives by a grove"” (English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Grover?
Grover was the 4298th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 20th with 802 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 644 places. More babies were named Grover in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Grover a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Grover in the US.