How rare is the name Roscoe?

5,963 people in the United States have the first name Roscoe, about 1 in 50,651. It ranks #3,480 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROSCOE

#3,480

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,963
About
1 in 50,651
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,963 people named Roscoe, 53.4% reported their origin as White, 37.9% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roscoe peaked in 1920, when 604 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
604
In 2025*
63 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 22,170 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Roscoe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #328. The largest share of babies named Roscoe, 38.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#328969
1890s#487850
1900s#544916
1910s#4903,803
1920s#5794,508
1930s#7472,579
1940s#9082,322
1950s#1,1931,927
1960s#1,7111,111
1970s#2,269769
1980s#2,913636
1990s#5,495344
2000s#6,659363
2010s#4,772634
2020s#4,357439
Before 19018.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2738.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.2%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–805.9%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–122.7%
2013 and later4.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Roscoe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roscoe has been most common in Kentucky (4.9×), West Virginia (4.5×), and North Carolina (3.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.08×).

14,603 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Roscoe

#3,477 Samatha · 5,965#3,479 Augusto · 5,964#3,481 Allyssa · 5,955#3,481 Jovani · 5,955

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roscoe, most common first.

#19,762 Rosco · 531

Also a last name

As a last name, Roscoe ranks #6,840 of 156,621, with 4,732 people. See Roscoe as a last name

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