Roux
#5,070 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Roux has been given to 502 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #5,070 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.
Babies named Roux, 2025
1 in 128,000
Roux over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Roux over time
In 2025, Roux went to 65% girls and 35% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Roux?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 128,000
- 26 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 61,800
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #5,070
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 88,382 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Roux sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Roux. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Rouxs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Roux was born before 2021 — so the typical Roux is around 4 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 59.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 377
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 59.7% of all recorded uses (225).
Is Roux rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −1,507
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −729
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,472
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.63×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 55.3%
- Peak was 2023 (47)
- Years since peak
- 2
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 28.0% average annual change
Spellings of Roux
Roux is not the most common spelling — Rose is, with 64.9% against Roux's 0.05%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Roux is used
Across 1910–2025, Roux was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,058,692 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Pennsylvania1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Roux has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Roux around the world
Where Roux ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2012–2025#1,166in 2025
- Scotland2021–2025#632in 2025
- Ireland2021–2024#736in 2024
- South Australia2012–2012#871in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Roux by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Roux
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Roux
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.