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Roscoe

Boy's name · #2248 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Roscoe belongs to an older America first — it reached #117 back in 1888 — yet it still appears in today's records at #2248. About 22,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#820 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,499 in Canada (2024).

Famous Roscoes

• Roscoe Arbuckle — American actor, director and comedian
• Roscoe Tanner — US tennis player
• Roscoe Lee Browne — American actor and director (1922–2007)
• Roscoe Lockwood — American rower (1875–1960)
• Roscoe Pound — American legal scholar and educator (1870–1964)

In stories & tradition

• Roscoe Sweeney — Marvel Comics
• Roscoe — Follies (musical stage work)

What Roscoes become

Among 132 notable people named Roscoe:

Military figures appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, American military officer (1897–1982).

Similar names: Charley · Romello · Monroe · Fulton · Clive · Raleigh

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