# Dolores (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dolores/  
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 | /dəˈlɔɹ.ɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Delores |
| US babies named this | 212,776 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,336 / 211,440 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 226, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores.

## 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 | 40 | 3,796 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,068 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,944 |
| 2014 | 42 | 3,671 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,323 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,246 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,260 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,871 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,683 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,936 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,969 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,368 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,594 |
| 2024 | 50 | 3,186 |
| 2025 | 68 | 2,567 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 10 | 2,720 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,719 |
| 1965 | 9 | 2,843 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,097 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,115 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,808 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,686 |
| 1970 | 10 | 3,123 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,169 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,791 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,688 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,539 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,512 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,229 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,780 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## In other languages

- French: Dolorès
- Hindi: दोलोरेस
- Japanese: ドロレス
- Polish: Dolores
- Portuguese: Dolores
- Spanish: Dolores

## People named Dolores

- Dolores Huerta, American labor leader (1930–2026)
- Dolores Costello, American actress (1903–1979)
- Dolores Hart, American Roman Catholic religious nun, and former actress
- Dolores Gray, American actress (1924–2002)
- Dolores Fuller, American actress and songwriter (1923–2011)
- Dolores Hope, American singer, entertainer, philanthropist (1909-2011)
- Dolores Fonzi, Argentine TV, theatre and film actress
- Dolores Cacuango, Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist
- Dolores Moran, American actress (1926-1982)
- Dolores Nakova, Bulgarian rower
- Dolores Hayden, American historian, architect, and poet
- Dolores Duran, Brazilian singer and composer (1930-1959)

## 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.