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Roscoe

Gender
Boy
Say it
ROS-koh
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#870 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,230 for boys

Roscoe is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “roe deer wood”. In 2025 it ranked 870th for boys in the UK (40 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).

What does Roscoe mean?

English: surname from a Lancashire place name of Old Norse origin

“roe deer wood”

A surname from a place in Lancashire whose name comes from Old Norse, reflecting Viking settlement in north-west England.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Roscoe a girl's or a boy's name?

Roscoe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Roscoe in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#870among boys
Babies in 2025
40about 1 in 7,500 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were named Roscoe, making it the 870th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 731st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 58 boys.

Half of all the boys named Roscoe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Roscoe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #870 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 811th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 58 in 20172025
Roscoe in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202540#870
202431#1,041
202339#892
202247#774
202140#868
202051#731
201941#829
201844#807
201758#675
201652#728
201544#794
201434#948
201320#1,347
20128#2,595
201112#1,890
201014#1,724
200912#1,852
200813#1,696
20078#2,337
200613#1,558
20053#3,992
20047#2,157
20030–
20029#1,594
20010–
20006#1,977
19990–
19984#2,531

How popular is Roscoe in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,230among boys
Babies in 2025
63about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Roscoe, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 604 boys.

Half of all the boys named Roscoe in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 70 boys in the US were given Roscoe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,819, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 604 in 19202025
Roscoe in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202563#2,230
202467#2,169
202363#2,243
202281#1,916
202179#1,914
202080#1,849
201977#1,917
201882#1,837
201763#2,153
201664#2,145
201571#2,019
201471#1,999
201360#2,181
201255#2,325
201147#2,589
201044#2,729
200942#2,846
200847#2,631
200733#3,311
200629#3,522
200538#2,799
200440#2,639
200335#2,776
200236#2,628
200130#2,983
200033#2,731
199932#2,661
199825#3,089
199722#3,256
199622#3,197
199534#2,294
199440#2,036
199331#2,393
199245#1,815
199149#1,671
199044#1,775
198958#1,428
198845#1,587
198754#1,365
198668#1,143
198552#1,332
198456#1,227
198371#1,049
198275#1,050
198180#1,014
198077#1,031
197970#1,056
197881#961
197773#1,007
197685#897
197566#1,007
197485#867
197372#948
197275#921
197174#947
197088#857
196975#880
196885#805
196791#765
1966109#711
196591#771
1964112#726
1963123#698
1962137#664
1961131#675
1960157#620
1959174#591
1958154#618
1957188#561
1956178#566
1955171#563
1954186#531
1953199#496
1952233#461
1951210#468
1950234#434
1949206#458
1948235#435
1947225#447
1946222#426
1945227#396
1944250#379
1943241#393
1942226#406
1941277#351
1940213#391
1939233#374
1938224#375
1937220#368
1936241#348
1935237#356
1934273#327
1933270#326
1932268#336
1931261#337
1930352#303
1929349#298
1928344#300
1927372#300
1926405#283
1925455#267
1924443#271
1923476#259
1922505#250
1921550#238
1920604#214
1919586#213
1918561#221
1917468#232
1916494#217
1915505#210
1914361#220
1913301#214
1912264#210
1911127#227
1910136#193
1909107#202
190897#209
190795#205
190690#196
190587#198
190498#184
190369#216
190290#185
190187#170
190096#198
189984#172
189873#204
189774#198
189684#195
189591#171
189490#169
189388#164
189296#163
189171#181
189099#143
188983#160
1888141#117
1887102#127
188688#157
188598#137
188492#148
188392#133
188281#166
1881102#117
188090#151

Names like Roscoe

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Roscoe

Rosco

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Every English name

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, “Roscoe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roscoe, updated 20 October 2026.