Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Roscoe

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Roscoe
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

604

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

88.9%

2024

All-time

22,096

Roscoe has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 604 boys were named Roscoe.

In 2024, only 67 boys were given the name.

Down 88.9% from its peak.

All told, about 22,096 Americans have been named Roscoe and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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