# Roscoe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/roscoe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | “roebuck”, “forest” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rosco, Roscow |
| US babies named this | 22,170 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22,159 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 638, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).

## What it means

Roscoe is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 5 | 5,485 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,938 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 2,620 |
| 2012 | 55 | 2,350 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,199 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,016 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,033 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,161 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,169 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,851 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,929 |
| 2020 | 80 | 1,867 |
| 2021 | 79 | 1,927 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,935 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,269 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,185 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,248 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 34 | 866 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 57 | 628 |
| 2018 | 42 | 777 |
| 2019 | 39 | 798 |
| 2020 | 50 | 679 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 39 | 827 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 40 | 811 |

## People named Roscoe

- Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director and comedian
- Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (1922–2007)
- Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (1875–1960)
- Roscoe Orman, American actor
- Roscoe Conkling, American politician (1829–1888)
- Roscoe Karns, actor (1891-1970)
- Roscoe Bartlett, American politician (born 1926)
- Roscoe Ates, American actor (1895–1962)
- Roscoe Mitchell, American jazz musician (born 1940)
- Roscoe C. Patterson, American politician (1876–1954)
- Roscoe Dash, American rapper and singer
- Roscoe C. McCulloch, American politician (1880–1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.