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.
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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 238,486 of them was named Roscoe, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 797 names at #4,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 3,029 of them was named Roscoe, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).