Is Roux a boy or girl name?

Roux is a unisex name. Of the 502 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 75.1% were girls and 24.9% were boys.

Roux

Recorded 2011–2025 · United States

Roux was most popular in 2023, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,928 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 502 people named Roux.

Roux over time

Births per year. The dot marks Roux’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Roux a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Roux is a unisex name — 75.1% of the 502 Americans given it were girls and 24.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 75% girls and 25% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org