NameTides

Roscoe

Roscoe was the #2,230 boys' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #811 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Roscoe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Roscoe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Roscoe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,230 (63)#811 (40)—#2,789 (6)
2024#2,169 (67)#981 (31)—#2,238 (8)
2023#2,244 (63)#827 (39)——
2022#1,917 (81)#714 (47)#779 (3)—
2021#1,915 (79)#815 (39)—#2,061 (8)
2020#1,849 (80)#679 (50)—#2,197 (7)
2019#1,917 (77)#798 (39)—#2,756 (5)
2018#1,838 (82)#777 (42)—#2,176 (7)
2017#2,154 (63)#628 (57)—#2,762 (5)
2016#2,145 (64)#672 (52)——
2015#2,019 (71)#753 (43)—#2,387 (6)
2014#2,000 (71)#866 (34)—#1,936 (8)
2013#2,182 (60)#1,339 (18)—#2,086 (7)
2012#2,326 (55)#2,458 (8)—#2,666 (5)
2011#2,590 (47)#1,788 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1888 at #117.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Roscoe is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Roscoe by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Roscoe (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Roscoe (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoscoeCanadaBoys#2,7896
RoscoeEngland & WalesBoys#81140
RoscoeIrelandBoys—too few
RoscoeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RoscoeUSGirls—too few
RoscoeUSBoys#2,23063