Roscoe is a boy name with a classic feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Roscoe means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Roscoe across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Roscoe has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Roscoe is a boy name of Old Norse origin meaning “deer wood, roe deer forest”. An English surname of Norse origin.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 22,170 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 599 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 3 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Roscoe per year, United States (1880 to 2025). United States peaked in 1920 (604/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2017 (57/yr) · Ireland peaked in 2022 (3/yr).
Roscoe has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1920, when it ranked #480 nationally (given to 604 babies that year).
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