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Roscoe: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 63 in 2025. Its best rank was #117 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #117 in 1888; #2,248 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Roscoe in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,248 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #117.
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Roscoe: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 63 boys in 2025. Peak: #117 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 604 (1920).
In 2025, 63 US boys were named Roscoe, making it the 2,248th most common boys’ name of the year, down 63 places from #2,185 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 67 boys named Roscoe in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #117, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 604, in 1920. For comparison, it was #2,033 in 2015 and #436 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Roscoe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 90 babies with the name. In all, 22,170 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,508 babies named Roscoe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 719 US boys were named Roscoe; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,112 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Roscoe ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #1,124 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Rosco are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ross.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Rosco (1,440).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5 | #1,124 | #1,078 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 63 | #2,248 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,938 | 67 | #2,185 |
| 2023 | — | — | 63 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | — | — | 81 | #1,935 |
| 2021 | — | — | 79 | #1,927 |
| 2020 | — | — | 80 | #1,867 |
| 2019 | — | — | 77 | #1,929 |
| 2018 | — | — | 82 | #1,851 |
| 2017 | — | — | 63 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | — | — | 64 | #2,161 |
| 2015 | — | — | 71 | #2,033 |
| 2014 | — | — | 71 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | — | — | 60 | #2,199 |
| 2012 | — | — | 55 | #2,350 |
| 2011 | — | — | 47 | #2,620 |
| 2010 | — | — | 44 | #2,778 |
| 2009 | — | — | 42 | #2,884 |
| 2008 | — | — | 47 | #2,668 |
| 2007 | — | — | 33 | #3,367 |
| 2006 | — | — | 29 | #3,590 |
| 2005 | — | — | 38 | #2,836 |
| 2004 | — | — | 40 | #2,682 |
| 2003 | — | — | 35 | #2,835 |
| 2002 | — | — | 36 | #2,672 |
| 2001 | — | — | 30 | #3,046 |
| 2000 | — | — | 33 | #2,793 |
| 1999 | — | — | 32 | #2,714 |
| 1998 | — | — | 25 | #3,169 |
| 1997 | — | — | 22 | #3,329 |
| 1996 | — | — | 22 | #3,277 |
| 1995 | — | — | 34 | #2,337 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,075 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,442 |
| 1992 | — | — | 45 | #1,835 |
| 1991 | — | — | 49 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | — | — | 44 | #1,806 |
| 1989 | — | — | 58 | #1,449 |
| 1988 | — | — | 45 | #1,614 |
| 1987 | — | — | 54 | #1,376 |
| 1986 | — | — | 68 | #1,151 |
| 1985 | — | — | 52 | #1,348 |
| 1984 | — | — | 56 | #1,236 |
| 1983 | — | — | 71 | #1,057 |
| 1982 | — | — | 75 | #1,057 |
| 1981 | — | — | 80 | #1,020 |
| 1980 | — | — | 77 | #1,037 |
| 1979 | — | — | 70 | #1,068 |
| 1978 | — | — | 81 | #966 |
| 1977 | — | — | 73 | #1,010 |
| 1976 | — | — | 85 | #902 |
| 1975 | — | — | 66 | #1,017 |
| 1974 | — | — | 85 | #878 |
| 1973 | — | — | 72 | #955 |
| 1972 | — | — | 75 | #927 |
| 1971 | — | — | 74 | #954 |
| 1970 | — | — | 88 | #860 |
| 1969 | — | — | 75 | #883 |
| 1968 | — | — | 85 | #808 |
| 1967 | — | — | 91 | #767 |
| 1966 | — | — | 109 | #712 |
| 1965 | — | — | 91 | #775 |
| 1964 | — | — | 112 | #727 |
| 1963 | — | — | 123 | #700 |
| 1962 | — | — | 137 | #667 |
| 1961 | — | — | 131 | #676 |
| 1960 | — | — | 157 | #623 |
| 1959 | — | — | 174 | #593 |
| 1958 | — | — | 154 | #619 |
| 1957 | — | — | 188 | #564 |
| 1956 | — | — | 178 | #570 |
| 1955 | — | — | 171 | #565 |
| 1954 | — | — | 186 | #532 |
| 1953 | — | — | 199 | #497 |
| 1952 | — | — | 233 | #462 |
| 1951 | — | — | 210 | #469 |
| 1950 | — | — | 234 | #436 |
| 1949 | — | — | 206 | #461 |
| 1948 | — | — | 235 | #437 |
| 1947 | — | — | 225 | #447 |
| 1946 | — | — | 222 | #428 |
| 1945 | — | — | 227 | #397 |
| 1944 | — | — | 250 | #379 |
| 1943 | — | — | 241 | #395 |
| 1942 | — | — | 226 | #406 |
| 1941 | — | — | 277 | #351 |
| 1940 | — | — | 213 | #391 |
| 1939 | — | — | 233 | #374 |
| 1938 | — | — | 224 | #376 |
| 1937 | — | — | 220 | #369 |
| 1936 | — | — | 241 | #348 |
| 1935 | — | — | 237 | #358 |
| 1934 | — | — | 273 | #328 |
| 1933 | — | — | 270 | #326 |
| 1932 | — | — | 268 | #336 |
| 1931 | — | — | 261 | #338 |
| 1930 | — | — | 352 | #303 |
| 1929 | — | — | 349 | #298 |
| 1928 | — | — | 344 | #300 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,485 | 372 | #301 |
| 1926 | — | — | 405 | #283 |
| 1925 | — | — | 455 | #267 |
| 1924 | — | — | 443 | #271 |
| 1923 | — | — | 476 | #259 |
| 1922 | — | — | 505 | #250 |
| 1921 | — | — | 550 | #238 |
| 1920 | — | — | 604 | #214 |
| 1919 | — | — | 586 | #213 |
| 1918 | — | — | 561 | #221 |
| 1917 | — | — | 468 | #232 |
| 1916 | — | — | 494 | #217 |
| 1915 | — | — | 505 | #210 |
| 1914 | — | — | 361 | #221 |
| 1913 | — | — | 301 | #214 |
| 1912 | — | — | 264 | #210 |
| 1911 | — | — | 127 | #228 |
| 1910 | — | — | 136 | #194 |
| 1909 | — | — | 107 | #203 |
| 1908 | — | — | 97 | #211 |
| 1907 | — | — | 95 | #205 |
| 1906 | — | — | 90 | #196 |
| 1905 | — | — | 87 | #200 |
| 1904 | — | — | 98 | #184 |
| 1903 | — | — | 69 | #218 |
| 1902 | — | — | 90 | #185 |
| 1901 | — | — | 87 | #171 |
| 1900 | — | — | 96 | #198 |
| 1899 | — | — | 84 | #173 |
| 1898 | — | — | 73 | #205 |
| 1897 | — | — | 74 | #198 |
| 1896 | — | — | 84 | #195 |
| 1895 | — | — | 91 | #174 |
| 1894 | — | — | 90 | #170 |
| 1893 | — | — | 88 | #165 |
| 1892 | — | — | 96 | #165 |
| 1891 | — | — | 71 | #182 |
| 1890 | — | — | 99 | #145 |
| 1889 | — | — | 83 | #164 |
| 1888 | — | — | 141 | #117 |
| 1887 | — | — | 102 | #128 |
| 1886 | — | — | 88 | #159 |
| 1885 | — | — | 98 | #138 |
| 1884 | — | — | 92 | #149 |
| 1883 | — | — | 92 | #138 |
| 1882 | — | — | 81 | #168 |
| 1881 | — | — | 102 | #118 |
| 1880 | — | — | 90 | #152 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).