Rosalva
Rosalva was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 2,128 Americans have been recorded with it between 1926 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,940 Americans named Rosalva and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 35 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rosalva by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rosalva mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Rosalva is “a female given name”
/roˈsalba/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rosalva?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,837, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
65 babies in 1975, the peak
Rosalva peaked in 1975, when 65 girls were given it, #1,558 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #14,837 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,281 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,213 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,658 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 6 | #16,045 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,273 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,751 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,454 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,605 | 6.8 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,550 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (83)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #16,849 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,673 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,674 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,783 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,758 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,441 | 10.3 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,131 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,716 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,328 | 12.2 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,154 | 9.9 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,866 | 17.5 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,467 | 14.1 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,781 | 12.6 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,912 | 16.0 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,138 | 21.0 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,077 | 21.3 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,087 | 21.0 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,812 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,271 | 18.1 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,786 | 14.7 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,231 | 17.9 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,960 | 19.7 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,832 | 20.1 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,605 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,346 | 25.0 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,659 | 20.8 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,147 | 27.5 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,278 | 26.0 |
| 1981 | 53 | #2,004 | 31.8 |
| 1980 | 64 | #1,746 | 38.5 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,237 | 27.4 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,855 | 35.3 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,632 | 42.4 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,631 | 41.6 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,558 | 44.6 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,548 | 42.9 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,971 | 28.8 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,880 | 29.6 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,235 | 21.6 |
| 1970 | 42 | #2,000 | 24.0 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,093 | 21.9 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,413 | 16.5 |
| 1967 | 35 | #2,004 | 21.2 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,140 | 18.3 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,880 | 21.5 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,830 | 22.2 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,472 | 13.0 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,981 | 17.8 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,989 | 17.3 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,048 | 15.8 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,047 | 15.3 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,868 | 17.4 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,723 | 19.6 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,140 | 13.4 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,971 | 15.3 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,868 | 8.2 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,907 | 5.3 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,168 | 7.0 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,903 | 7.8 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,383 | 6.4 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,903 | 2.9 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,144 | 4.7 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,181 | 3.4 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,859 | 3.8 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,624 | 6.1 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,630 | 6.0 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,755 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,543 | 4.4 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,820 | 4.6 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,077 | 5.8 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,984 | 6.3 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,306 | 4.3 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,754 | 5.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rosalva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rosalva has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 83 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Rosalva: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rosalva, and how old are they?
1,940 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 2,128 Americans ever recorded as Rosalva. The median Rosalva alive today is 47 years old; half are between 35 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 6,499 people named Rosalva (6,483 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,981 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 342 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 699 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 591 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 245 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 43 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rosalva born?
The states with the most babies named Rosalva are California, Texas and Illinois, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 901 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| Texas | 646 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Illinois | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Rosalva is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rosalva is most over-represented in Texas: since 1926 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rosalva with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rosalva
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1920-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Christianne | 1,433 | |
| Juliane | 2,162 | |
| Branda | 1,102 | |
| Leticia | 43,199 | |
| Caridad | 1,759 | |
| Stephannie | 1,461 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rosalva and names like it
- Compare Rosalva and ChristianneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sRosalva peaked in 1975.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rosalva since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Rosalva: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Rosalva.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Rosalva alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.