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How popular is the name Roux?

Births per year, rank history and how many Rouxes are alive today.

Roux (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Rue in England and Wales, ranked 1166th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 47 babies were given the name, the 754th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Rue you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Rues born in England and Wales are between 2 and 8, and there are at least 770 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rue - on average, only one in every 410 such rooms contains a Rue.

How many babies are named Roux each year?

Includes all spellings: Roux, Rue, Rya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100200020201997: 42000: 32007: 42008: 52009: 32010: 42011: 32012: 42013: 132014: 202015: 232016: 302017: 292018: 312019: 422020: 472021: 572022: 672023: 1242024: 1272025: 93actual

Where does the Roux spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202012: ranked 4,8382013: ranked 5,7422014: ranked 2,8622015: ranked 2,3282016: ranked 2,0082017: ranked 1,9112018: ranked 1,4362019: ranked 1,3162020: ranked 1,2002021: ranked 1,3512022: ranked 1,0812023: ranked 7542024: ranked 9522025: ranked 1,166

Where does the Rue spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202013: ranked 5,7422014: ranked 2,6592015: ranked 2,9452016: ranked 2,1202017: ranked 2,9252018: ranked 3,5182019: ranked 1,8542020: ranked 1,7732021: ranked 1,4542022: ranked 1,2152023: ranked 6082024: ranked 5582025: ranked 733

Where does the Rya spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201997: ranked 3,1742000: ranked 3,9122007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 3,8602009: ranked 5,5562010: ranked 4,6882011: ranked 5,7852013: ranked 3,1602014: ranked 5,6912015: ranked 4,7362016: ranked 5,7852017: ranked 3,5832018: ranked 5,6662019: ranked 5,5912020: ranked 4,5352021: ranked 2,0732022: ranked 2,6742023: ranked 1,8632024: ranked 1,5412025: ranked 1,892

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Roux per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 127 in 2024
Roux: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Roux most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Rue, peaked in 2024, when 127 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Roux spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 47 babies.

How many people are called Roux?

At least 770 people named Roux in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Roux?

Most living Rouxes are between 2 and 8; the most common age is about 2.

Is Roux becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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