Rosco
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROS-koh
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Rosco is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “roe deer wood”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Rosco mean?
English: spelling of Roscoe, a place name of Old Norse origin
“roe deer wood”
Roscoe comes from a northern English place name built from Old Norse words for 'roe deer' and 'wood'.
Is Rosco a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rosco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Rosco, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rosco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Rosco or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Roscoe 40
- Rosco 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Rosco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Rosco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Rosco, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Rosco in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were given Rosco or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,819, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Roscoe 63
- Rosco 7
Rosco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,576 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,150 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,254 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,247 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
Names like Rosco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rupert, Otto, Chester, Alfred, Leo, Reuben, Archie, Rocco, Albert, Arthur, Stanley, Milo
Other spellings of Rosco
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosco, updated 20 October 2026.