Fun Facts About the Name Rozalia
- 274 babies named Rozalia: U.S. records list 274 babies given the name Rozalia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Rozalia Mean?
Rozalia is a feminine given name derived from the Latin Rosalia, which comes from rosa, the Latin word for "rose." Its basic meaning is therefore "rose." In Roman use, Rosalia was also the name of a festival of roses, when tombs were decorated with the flowers, so the name carried that association from an early date. The spelling Rozalia belongs especially to Polish and Hungarian, where z represents the voiced z sound; Hungarian normally writes it Rozália. Later Christian and poetic uses sometimes treat the rose as a symbol of love, beauty, or the Virgin Mary, but those are symbolic readings rather than the name's literal etymology.
Rozalia Name History & Origins
The Latin Rosalia was the name of a Roman festival at which roses were used to honor the dead. As a personal name, it came into Christian use in medieval Europe. It is closely associated with Saint Rosalia, a twelfth-century noblewoman from Sicily who became a hermit on Mount Pellegrino near Palermo. According to tradition, her relics were found in 1624 during a plague in Palermo; after they were carried through the city, the plague ended, and she became Palermo's patron saint. Devotion to her is centered in Sicily and southern Italy, where the name Rosalia is traditional.
The form Rozalia developed in Polish and Hungarian. In Polish, the spelling uses z where Latin has s, giving Rozalia; Hungarian normally writes Rozália, with a long á. The name also appears in Slovak and Czech as Rozália or Rozálie, and in Lithuanian as Rozalija. In English, forms such as Rosalia and Rosalie are also used, and Rozalia is usually treated as a variant of the same Latin name.
How Popular is the Name Rozalia?
Rozalia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #2,998 in 1916.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,430 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #8,829 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #6,118 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #8,435 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #5,369 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #8,850 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #9,621 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #6,739 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #9,810 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #12,669 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #10,724 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #7,989 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #14,319 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #14,691 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #13,132 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #19,874 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #15,367 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #9,011 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #7,342 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1921 | #5,741 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1920 | #3,898 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #4,187 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #4,732 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #3,047 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #2,998 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1915 | #4,180 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1913 | #3,620 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1912 | #3,358 | 5 | 0.0009% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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