How Many People Are Named Roscoe?
people named Roscoe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 51,373 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,170 babies named Roscoe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
604 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "doe wood" in Old Norse.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Roscoe (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roscoe alive today is about 52 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 33 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roscoe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 604 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Roscoe has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #117, in 1888. In 2025 it ranked #2,248.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,248 |
| Best rank | #117 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #267 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roscoe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roscoe were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 366 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roscoe was given 3.7 times as often in Kentucky, 3.2 times in North Carolina and 2.9 times in West Virginia.
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