Grove settlement
An English habitational surname derived from Old English elements 'graf' (grove) and 'tun' (settlement or enclosure). It originally identified people from various locations in England named Grafton, such as those in Northamptonshire or Worcestershire.
Less common today
Grafton isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,394 in 2012.
Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Anatomist and paleoanthropologist
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).