Roscoe
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Roscoe
Fairly popular a hundred years ago but out of the US charts since 1978, the quirky yet edgy Roscoe feels very much in step with the trending o-ending boy names popular now, such as Milo, Hugo, and Otto. A Top 1000 choice in the UK (albeit near the latter end), it could make a cool alternative to Ross, Russell, Robert, and Ronan.
Roscoe for boys#2248 US
Originally a place and surname, Roscoe had its glory days in the 1880s, when it reached as high as Number 138, then gradually declined, possibly damaged by the scandals surrounding silent star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and then the image it acquired thanks to Sheriff Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard. It ultimately comes from the Old Norse elements rá and skógr meaning "deer, roebuck" and "forest, woods" respectively.
Notable bearers of the name include US tennis player Roscoe Tanner and pickleball player Roscoe Bellamy, while in fiction, it was used in the series It's a Sin for the character Roscoe Babatunde. Another (Instagram) famous Roscoe was Roscoe Hamilton, racing driver Lewis Hamilton's dog.
Roscoe for girls
Though Roscoe is an edgy hipster name for boys (with a much longer history of use than you might imagine), it's an even edgier name for girls, appearing in US stats in 1927 and then again in 2024. Its rarity is almost surprising, given its similarity in sound or style to trending choices like Rosalyn, Rowan, Winslow, Cleo, Collins, and Harlow.
Pronounced ROS-koh.
As of October 2026, Roscoe ranked #2248 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #117 in 1888, Nameberry popularity #12.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,016 | 71 | 37 |
| 2015 | #2,032 | 71 | 37 |
| 2016 | #2,161 | 64 | 33.7 |
| 2017 | #2,168 | 63 | 34 |
| 2018 | #1,851 | 82 | 45.2 |
| 2019 | #1,928 | 77 | 42.9 |
| 2020 | #1,863 | 80 | 46.3 |
| 2021 | #1,927 | 79 | 45.2 |
| 2022 | #1,933 | 81 | 46.4 |
| 2023 | #2,267 | 63 | 36.8 |
| 2024 | #2,180 | 67 | 38.9 |
| 2025 | #2,248 | 63 | 36.9 |
World rankings
Roscoe for boys
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Famous Roscoes
- Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" ArbuckleBoy
American silent film actor
- Roscoe ConklingBoy
U.S. Senator from New York
- Roscoe Conkling McCullochBoy
U.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Roscoe Conkling PattersonBoy
U.S. Senator from Missouri
- Roscoe Conkling BruceBoy
American educator
- Roscoe TannerBoy
American tennis player
- Roscoe ParrishBoy
American NFL football player
- Roscoe DashBoy
stage name of Jeffery Johnson, Jr., American rapper
- Roscoe Lee BrowneBoy
American actor and director
- Roscoe Fulton "Rocky" CarrollBoy
American actor
- Roscoe Gardner BartlettBoy
U.S. Congressman from Maryland
- Roscoe MitchellBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- (Nathan) Roscoe PoundBoy
American legal scholar
- Roscoe RobinsonBoy
Jr., first black four,star general in the U.S.
- Roscoe SheltonBoy
American singer
- Roscoe Hunter OrmanBoy
American actor
- Roscoe Clyde MillerBoy
American baseball player
- Roscoe KarnsBoy
American actor
- Roscoe HolcombBoy
American bluegrass musician
- Roscoe Henry HillenkoetterBoy
first director of the CIA
- Flynn Roscoe Farrar (b. 2014)Boy
son of musician Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
Roscoe in pop culture
- "Roscoe"Boy
song by American band Midlake
- "Roscoe"Boy
novel by William Kennedy
- Roscoe's House of Chicken and WafflesBoy
popular California restaurant chain
- RoscoeBoy
name of an important car in tv series, "Teen Wolf"
- Roscoe P. ColtrainGirl
Dukes of Hazard Shariff
Variations & nicknames
- RoscoBoy