Rosa is the Latin, Spanish and Italian word for the "rose", the flower that has stood for love and beauty since antiquity and for the Virgin Mary in Christian tradition. In the United States the name belongs above all to Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 helped launch the civil rights movement. Rosa was number 315 in 2000, 628 in 2015 and ranks 653 in 2025, chosen mostly by Hispanic families.