Roux
Roux was the 5071st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3417th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,474 places. More babies were named Roux in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,071 girls, down 728 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- 71% girls, 29% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202347 babies
- Total since 1880
- 502babies recorded
Roux popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,071 | #6,376 | 26 | 14 |
| 2020 | #4,343 | #6,958 | 32 | 12 |
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How popular is Roux, counting every spelling?
Roux is a spelling of Rue, a name family that ranked #1,133 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,071 for Roux on its own. Together these spellings went to 195 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rue | 169 | #1,324 | 842 |
| Roux | 26 | #5,071 | 193 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Roux?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Roux (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Roux born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Roux.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Roux?
About 400 people born in the US named Roux are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Roux a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Roux by state
How common Roux was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Roux
How popular is the name Roux?
Roux was the 5071st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3417th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,474 places. More babies were named Roux in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Roux a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 71% girls, 29% boys given the name Roux in the US.
Where is Roux most popular?
In 2021–2025, Roux was most common in Pennsylvania (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.