Roscoe
From an English surname rooted in Old Norse: rá, a roe deer, plus skógr, a wood. It named a place in Lancashire before it named people.
Roscoe in 2025
Roscoe was given to 63 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,835th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 52,624 babies born.
The history of Roscoe
Roscoe reached its highest point in 1920, when 604 babies were given the name, ranking 480th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 265th, in 1881.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 22,170 babies have been named Roscoe. Half of them were born before 1930, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Roscoe by decade
| Decade | Babies named Roscoe | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 969 | 265 |
| 1890s | 850 | 395 |
| 1900s | 916 | 493 |
| 1910s | 3,803 | 472 |
| 1920s | 4,508 | 480 |
| 1930s | 2,579 | 651 |
| 1940s | 2,322 | 752 |
| 1950s | 1,927 | 965 |
| 1960s | 1,111 | 1,425 |
| 1970s | 769 | 2,053 |
| 1980s | 636 | 2,455 |
| 1990s | 344 | 4,132 |
| 2000s | 363 | 6,069 |
| 2010s | 634 | 4,030 |
| 2020s | 439 | 4,025 |
Where Roscoe is heading
Roscoe has fallen 11% over the past decade, from 71 babies in 2015 to 63 in 2025.
Names like Roscoe
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Roscoe.