Roscoe
Roscoe is a Cornish name originating from the Old Norse words for "doe wood" or "roebuck copse". It is also an Americanized spelling of the French name Racicot, and possibly a corruption of Roscrowe.
Meaning & Origin of Roscoe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Roscoe is a Cornish name originating from the Old Norse words for "doe wood" or "roebuck copse". It is also an Americanized spelling of the French name Racicot, and possibly a corruption of Roscrowe.
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The Story of Roscoe
Roscoe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 90 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 604 Roscoes were born — ranking #214 that year. As of 2026, Roscoe ranks #2,298 for baby boys with 63 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 22K Roscoes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Roscoe
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- Roscoe Arbuckle (1877–1933), American silent film star
- Roscoe Bartlett (born 1926), U.S. Representative from the state of Maryland
- Roscoe Beck , American bass guitarist and record producer
- Roscoe Bellamy (born 2000), American professional pickleball player
- Roscoe Born (1950–2020), American actor
- Roscoe Brady (1923–2016), American biochemist
- Roscoe Brown (1922–2016), US Army Air Force pilot
- Roscoe Lee Browne (1925–2007), American actor and director
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Names that sound like Roscoe
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About the name Roscoe
Roscoe is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 22K births in the dataset. Roscoe's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #117. Use the chart and map above to compare Roscoe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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