Rosalva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-SAHL-vah
- Origin
- Spanish
Rosalva is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “white rose”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rosalva mean?
Spanish: Spanish form of Rosalba, from rosa 'rose' + alba 'white, dawn'
“white rose”
Spanish alba means 'dawn' and comes from the Latin albus, 'white'.
Is Rosalva a girl's or a boy's name?
Rosalva is a girls' name.
How popular is Rosalva in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Rosalva in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rosalva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,619 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,544 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,532 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,854 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,855 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
Names like Rosalva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rosalva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rosalva, updated 20 October 2026.