Meaning not yet researched.
Dolores: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 68 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 1930.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 1930; #2,567 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dolores in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,567 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, at #13.
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Dolores: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 68 girls in 2025. Peak: #13 in 1930 · most girls in one year: 12,842 (1930).
In 2025, 68 US girls were named Dolores, making it the 2,567th most common girls’ name of the year, up 619 places from #3,186 in 2024. That is 18 more than the 50 girls named Dolores in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #13, reached in 1930. That year also had the most girls given the name: 12,842. For comparison, it was #4,323 in 2015 and #139 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dolores in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 212,776 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 77,596 babies named Dolores.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 553 US girls were named Dolores; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 78. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,636 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dolores ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,677 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Delores (118,251 babies since 1880), Lola (97,167 babies since 1880), Deloris (34,781 babies since 1880) and Doloris (1,885 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Doloras, Dolorez and Doloros are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Doloras (191), Dolorez (94), Doloros (82), Dolories (51), Dolorese (9), Dolorous (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dolores in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | #1,677 | #3,560 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,734 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #2,245 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,567 | — | — |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,186 | — | — |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,594 | — | — |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,368 | — | — |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,969 | — | — |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,936 | — | — |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,683 | — | — |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,871 | — | — |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,260 | — | — |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,246 | — | — |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,323 | — | — |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,671 | — | — |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,944 | — | — |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,068 | — | — |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,796 | — | — |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,422 | — | — |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,891 | — | — |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,863 | — | — |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,939 | — | — |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,213 | — | — |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,279 | — | — |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,598 | — | — |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,588 | — | — |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,891 | — | — |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,832 | — | — |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,570 | — | — |
| 1997 | 104 | #1,555 | — | — |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,299 | — | — |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,331 | — | — |
| 1994 | 126 | #1,337 | — | — |
| 1993 | 160 | #1,121 | — | — |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,209 | 5 | #8,780 |
| 1991 | 135 | #1,251 | — | — |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1989 | 182 | #959 | 6 | #7,229 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 1987 | 192 | #882 | — | — |
| 1986 | 174 | #922 | — | — |
| 1985 | 199 | #820 | — | — |
| 1984 | 177 | #864 | — | — |
| 1983 | 218 | #748 | — | — |
| 1982 | 280 | #639 | — | — |
| 1981 | 282 | #632 | — | — |
| 1980 | 279 | #655 | 5 | #6,512 |
| 1979 | 290 | #611 | 6 | #5,539 |
| 1978 | 281 | #610 | — | — |
| 1977 | 295 | #586 | — | — |
| 1976 | 324 | #540 | — | — |
| 1975 | 289 | #572 | 5 | #5,688 |
| 1974 | 305 | #550 | — | — |
| 1973 | 372 | #482 | 8 | #3,791 |
| 1972 | 397 | #467 | 5 | #5,169 |
| 1971 | 478 | #438 | — | — |
| 1970 | 563 | #407 | 10 | #3,123 |
| 1969 | 586 | #388 | 7 | #3,686 |
| 1968 | 594 | #373 | 6 | #3,808 |
| 1967 | 678 | #339 | 5 | #4,115 |
| 1966 | 771 | #319 | 5 | #4,097 |
| 1965 | 828 | #312 | 9 | #2,843 |
| 1964 | 1,082 | #274 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 1963 | 1,111 | #268 | 10 | #2,720 |
| 1962 | 1,274 | #249 | 11 | #2,554 |
| 1961 | 1,340 | #235 | 8 | #3,170 |
| 1960 | 1,366 | #232 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1959 | 1,418 | #222 | 15 | #2,138 |
| 1958 | 1,524 | #210 | 10 | #2,691 |
| 1957 | 1,572 | #212 | 8 | #3,081 |
| 1956 | 1,660 | #198 | 8 | #3,027 |
| 1955 | 1,778 | #190 | 5 | #4,008 |
| 1954 | 1,963 | #174 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1953 | 1,978 | #165 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1952 | 2,044 | #160 | 11 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 2,141 | #149 | 18 | #1,792 |
| 1950 | 2,226 | #139 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1949 | 2,464 | #130 | 21 | #1,630 |
| 1948 | 2,762 | #119 | 16 | #1,897 |
| 1947 | 3,071 | #111 | 21 | #1,665 |
| 1946 | 3,064 | #104 | 21 | #1,567 |
| 1945 | 2,704 | #103 | 17 | #1,644 |
| 1944 | 3,081 | #92 | 29 | #1,241 |
| 1943 | 3,698 | #74 | 18 | #1,719 |
| 1942 | 4,267 | #63 | 31 | #1,254 |
| 1941 | 4,384 | #57 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1940 | 3,604 | #67 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1939 | 3,980 | #58 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1938 | 4,809 | #43 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 1937 | 5,568 | #37 | 39 | #1,024 |
| 1936 | 6,417 | #30 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1935 | 7,375 | #26 | 56 | #835 |
| 1934 | 7,689 | #26 | 44 | #958 |
| 1933 | 8,022 | #21 | 42 | #983 |
| 1932 | 9,630 | #18 | 53 | #878 |
| 1931 | 10,807 | #14 | 47 | #964 |
| 1930 | 12,842 | #13 | 77 | #713 |
| 1929 | 11,508 | #14 | 54 | #916 |
| 1928 | 9,615 | #20 | 48 | #992 |
| 1927 | 6,769 | #34 | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1926 | 5,218 | #49 | 31 | #1,306 |
| 1925 | 4,145 | #64 | 31 | #1,309 |
| 1924 | 3,729 | #75 | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1923 | 3,369 | #83 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1922 | 2,714 | #104 | 19 | #1,841 |
| 1921 | 2,558 | #111 | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1920 | 2,365 | #110 | 18 | #1,902 |
| 1919 | 1,911 | #124 | 11 | #2,547 |
| 1918 | 1,835 | #127 | 16 | #2,022 |
| 1917 | 1,562 | #139 | 18 | #1,765 |
| 1916 | 1,374 | #146 | 12 | #2,295 |
| 1915 | 1,280 | #147 | 5 | #3,976 |
| 1914 | 934 | #155 | 8 | #2,494 |
| 1913 | 706 | #165 | — | — |
| 1912 | 522 | #185 | 12 | #1,441 |
| 1911 | 363 | #196 | — | — |
| 1910 | 294 | #220 | — | — |
| 1909 | 220 | #238 | — | — |
| 1908 | 212 | #233 | — | — |
| 1907 | 192 | #244 | — | — |
| 1906 | 183 | #237 | — | — |
| 1905 | 142 | #277 | — | — |
| 1904 | 138 | #269 | — | — |
| 1903 | 114 | #292 | — | — |
| 1902 | 108 | #304 | — | — |
| 1901 | 68 | #364 | — | — |
| 1900 | 91 | #353 | — | — |
| 1899 | 64 | #366 | — | — |
| 1898 | 56 | #414 | — | — |
| 1897 | 48 | #422 | — | — |
| 1896 | 39 | #463 | — | — |
| 1895 | 41 | #442 | — | — |
| 1894 | 54 | #382 | — | — |
| 1893 | 31 | #490 | — | — |
| 1892 | 28 | #512 | — | — |
| 1891 | 25 | #515 | — | — |
| 1890 | 21 | #572 | — | — |
| 1889 | 18 | #604 | — | — |
| 1888 | 30 | #451 | — | — |
| 1887 | 14 | #614 | — | — |
| 1886 | 11 | #702 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #666 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #592 | — | — |
| 1883 | 14 | #525 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #606 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #548 | — | — |
| 1880 | 13 | #475 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).