Boy or Girl

Is Roscoe a boy or girl name?

Roscoe is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 6 girls and 67 boys were named Roscoe, so 8.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 22,107 US babies named Roscoe were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#2,180
Girl rank, 2024
#14,887
Babies named Roscoe since 1880
22,107
Most popular year
1920
604 babies
Babies named Roscoe each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Roscoe from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Roscoe, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s96900%
1890s85000%
1900s91600%
1910s3,80300%
1920s4,50350.1%
1930s2,57900%
1940s2,32200%
1950s1,92700%
1960s1,11100%
1970s76900%
1980s63600%
1990s34400%
2000s36300%
2010s63400%
2020s37061.6%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202467#2,1806#14,887
202363#2,2670–
202281#1,9330–
202179#1,9270–
202080#1,8630–
201977#1,9280–
201882#1,8510–
201763#2,1680–
201664#2,1610–
201571#2,0320–
201471#2,0160–
201360#2,1990–
201255#2,3500–
201147#2,6200–
201044#2,7780–
200942#2,8840–
200847#2,6680–
200733#3,3670–
200629#3,5900–
200538#2,8350–
200440#2,6820–
200335#2,8350–
200236#2,6720–
200130#3,0460–
200033#2,7930–
199932#2,7140–
199825#3,1690–
199722#3,3290–
199622#3,2770–
199534#2,3370–
199440#2,0750–
199331#2,4420–
199245#1,8340–
199149#1,6930–
199044#1,8060–
198958#1,4490–
198845#1,6140–
198754#1,3760–
198668#1,1510–
198552#1,3480–
198456#1,2360–
198371#1,0570–
198275#1,0570–
198180#1,0200–
198077#1,0370–
197970#1,0680–
197881#9660–
197773#1,0100–
197685#9020–
197566#1,0170–
197485#8790–
197372#9540–
197275#9260–
197174#9540–
197088#8600–
196975#8830–
196885#8080–
196791#7670–
1966109#7120–
196591#7750–
1964112#7270–
1963123#7000–
1962137#6670–
1961131#6760–
1960157#6230–
1959174#5930–
1958154#6190–
1957188#5640–
1956178#5700–
1955171#5650–
1954186#5320–
1953199#4970–
1952233#4620–
1951210#4690–
1950234#4360–
1949206#4610–
1948235#4370–
1947225#4470–
1946222#4280–
1945227#3970–
1944250#3800–
1943241#3940–
1942226#4060–
1941277#3510–
1940213#3910–
1939233#3740–
1938224#3760–
1937220#3690–
1936241#3480–
1935237#3580–
1934273#3280–
1933270#3260–
1932268#3360–
1931261#3380–
1930352#3030–
1929349#2980–
1928344#3000–
1927372#3015#5,485
1926405#2830–
1925455#2670–
1924443#2710–
1923476#2590–
1922505#2500–
1921550#2380–
1920604#2140–
1919586#2130–
1918561#2210–
1917468#2320–
1916494#2170–
1915505#2100–
1914361#2210–
1913301#2140–
1912264#2100–
1911127#2280–
1910136#1940–
1909107#2030–
190897#2110–
190795#2050–
190690#1960–
190587#2000–
190498#1840–
190369#2180–
190290#1850–
190187#1710–
190096#1980–
189984#1730–
189873#2050–
189774#1980–
189684#1950–
189591#1740–
189490#1700–
189388#1650–
189296#1650–
189171#1820–
189099#1450–
188983#1640–
1888141#1170–
1887102#1280–
188688#1590–
188598#1380–
188492#1490–
188392#1380–
188281#1680–
1881102#1180–
188090#1520–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Roscoe reached #117 in 1888. As a girl name, it reached #5,485 in 1927. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.