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Roscoe

“Roebuck forest” — Old Norse origin

Boy's name · #2230 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Roscoe has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #117 (1881) · 22,159 babies named Roscoe all-time · 1 in 25,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,800 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Roscoes

• Roscoe Arbuckle — American actor, director and comedian
• Roscoe Tanner — US tennis player
• Roscoe Lee Browne — American actor and director (1922–2007)
• Roscoe Lockwood — American rower (1875–1960)
• Roscoe Pound — American legal scholar and educator (1870–1964)

In stories & tradition

• Roscoe Sweeney — Earth-616
• Roscoe — Follies

What Roscoes become

Among 132 notable people named Roscoe:

Military figures appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, United States admiral (1897-1982).

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