# Delores (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delores/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈlɔːɹɪz/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 118,251 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 430 / 117,821 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 7,897 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,228 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,539 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,768 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,292 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,327 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,551 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,081 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,658 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,309 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,765 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,154 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,902 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,487 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,771 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 8 | 2,610 |
| 1946 | 17 | 1,777 |
| 1947 | 6 | 3,449 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,066 |
| 1949 | 10 | 2,490 |
| 1950 | 11 | 2,348 |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,429 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,857 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,512 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,227 |
| 1955 | 6 | 3,587 |
| 1957 | 8 | 3,076 |
| 1958 | 7 | 3,345 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,194 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |

## People named Delores

- Delores Taylor, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.