Roscoe
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 141 births
- Debut · boys
- 90 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,159since 1880
Roscoe over time
Rank among boys' names. Roscoe has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,230 | 63 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #2,169 | 67 |
| 2023 | — | #2,244 | 63 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,917 | 81 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,915 | 79 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,849 | 80 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,917 | 77 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,154 | 63 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,145 | 64 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,019 | 71 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,000 | 71 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,182 | 60 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,847 | 42 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,524 | 29 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,803 | 38 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,643 | 40 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,041 | 40 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,677 | 49 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,780 | 44 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,433 | 58 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,592 | 45 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,367 | 54 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,144 | 68 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,333 | 52 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,228 | 56 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,049 | 71 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,050 | 75 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,014 | 80 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,031 | 77 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,056 | 70 | |
| 1978 | — | #961 | 81 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,007 | 73 | |
| 1976 | — | #897 | 85 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #948 | 72 | |
| 1972 | — | #921 | 75 | |
| 1971 | — | #947 | 74 | |
| 1970 | — | #857 | 88 | |
| 1969 | — | #880 | 75 | |
| 1968 | — | #805 | 85 | |
| 1967 | — | #765 | 91 | |
| 1966 | — | #711 | 109 | |
| 1965 | — | #771 | 91 | |
| 1964 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1963 | — | #698 | 123 | |
| 1962 | — | #664 | 137 | |
| 1961 | — | #676 | 131 | |
| 1960 | — | #621 | 157 | |
| 1959 | — | #592 | 174 | |
| 1958 | — | #619 | 154 | |
| 1957 | — | #562 | 188 | |
| 1956 | — | #567 | 178 | |
| 1955 | — | #564 | 171 | |
| 1954 | — | #532 | 186 | |
| 1953 | — | #497 | 199 | |
| 1952 | — | #462 | 233 | |
| 1951 | — | #469 | 210 | |
| 1950 | — | #435 | 234 | |
| 1949 | — | #459 | 206 | |
| 1948 | — | #435 | 235 | |
| 1947 | — | #447 | 225 | |
| 1946 | — | #426 | 222 | |
| 1945 | — | #396 | 227 | |
| 1944 | — | #379 | 250 | |
| 1943 | — | #393 | 241 | |
| 1942 | — | #406 | 226 | |
| 1941 | — | #351 | 277 | |
| 1940 | — | #391 | 213 | |
| 1939 | — | #374 | 233 | |
| 1938 | — | #375 | 224 | |
| 1937 | — | #368 | 220 | |
| 1936 | — | #348 | 241 | |
| 1935 | — | #356 | 237 | |
| 1934 | — | #327 | 273 | |
| 1933 | — | #326 | 270 | |
| 1932 | — | #336 | 268 | |
| 1931 | — | #337 | 261 | |
| 1930 | — | #303 | 352 | |
| 1929 | — | #298 | 349 | |
| 1928 | — | #300 | 344 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #300 | 372 |
| 1926 | — | #283 | 405 | |
| 1925 | — | #267 | 455 | |
| 1924 | — | #271 | 443 | |
| 1923 | — | #259 | 476 | |
| 1922 | — | #250 | 505 | |
| 1921 | — | #238 | 550 | |
| 1920 | — | #214 | 604 | |
| 1919 | — | #213 | 586 | |
| 1918 | — | #221 | 561 | |
| 1917 | — | #232 | 468 | |
| 1916 | — | #217 | 494 | |
| 1915 | — | #210 | 505 | |
| 1914 | — | #220 | 361 | |
| 1913 | — | #214 | 301 | |
| 1912 | — | #210 | 264 | |
| 1911 | — | #227 | 127 | |
| 1910 | — | #193 | 136 | |
| 1909 | — | #202 | 107 | |
| 1908 | — | #209 | 97 | |
| 1907 | — | #205 | 95 | |
| 1906 | — | #196 | 90 | |
| 1905 | — | #198 | 87 | |
| 1904 | — | #184 | 98 | |
| 1903 | — | #216 | 69 | |
| 1902 | — | #185 | 90 | |
| 1901 | — | #170 | 87 | |
| 1900 | — | #198 | 96 | |
| 1899 | — | #172 | 84 | |
| 1898 | — | #204 | 73 | |
| 1897 | — | #198 | 74 | |
| 1896 | — | #195 | 84 | |
| 1895 | — | #171 | 91 | |
| 1894 | — | #169 | 90 | |
| 1893 | — | #164 | 88 | |
| 1892 | — | #163 | 96 | |
| 1891 | — | #181 | 71 | |
| 1890 | — | #143 | 99 | |
| 1889 | — | #160 | 83 | |
| 1888 | — | #117 | 141 | |
| 1887 | — | #127 | 102 | |
| 1886 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1885 | — | #137 | 98 | |
| 1884 | — | #148 | 92 | |
| 1883 | — | #133 | 92 | |
| 1882 | — | #166 | 81 | |
| 1881 | — | #117 | 102 | |
| 1880 | — | #151 | 90 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Roscoe was already there! It came in at #151, and was given to 90 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–2001, when fewer than 34 boys a year got the name.
Where Roscoe is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Roscoe
- 61 spots since 2024 (#2,169 → #2,230)
- 381 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,230)
- 211 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #2,230)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1976 (#1,007 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1975 (#867 → #1,007)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #117 (141 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 857 boys born in 1888 were named Roscoe (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,112 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all boys named Roscoe (4,503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 969 | #117 (1888) | #141 |
| 1890s | 850 | #143 (1890) | #176 |
| 1900s | 916 | #170 (1901) | #196 |
| 1910s | 3,803 | #193 (1910) | #216 |
| 1920s | 4,503 | #214 (1920) | #268 |
| 1930s | 2,579 | #303 (1930) | #345 |
| 1940s | 2,322 | #351 (1941) | #408 |
| 1950s | 1,927 | #435 (1950) | #530 |
| 1960s | 1,111 | #621 (1960) | #732 |
| 1970s | 769 | #857 (1970) | #947 |
| 1980s | 636 | #1,014 (1981) | #1,224 |
| 1990s | 344 | #1,677 (1991) | #2,424 |
| 2000s | 363 | #2,632 (2008) | #2,890 |
| 2010s | 634 | #1,838 (2018) | #2,190 |
| 2020s | 433 | #1,849 (2020) | #2,054 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Roscoe in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 1,521 of them was named Roscoe, which outranked 86.1% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).