The first name Dolores

In 2025, 14 girls were named Dolores, making it the 2,006th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2021, with 24 births (#1,311).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Dolores with other names.

In 2025, 68 girls born in the United States were named Dolores, the 2,567th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1930, when 12,842 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Spelled Dolores in Polish, Portuguese and Spanish too.

• Dolores Huerta
  American labor leader (1930–2026)
• Dolores Costello
  American actress (1903–1979)
• Dolores Hart
  American Roman Catholic religious nun, and former actress, born 1938
• 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, born 1978
• Dolores Cacuango
  Ecuadorian indigenous rights activist, 1881–1971
• Dolores Moran
  American actress (1926-1982)
• Dolores Nakova
  Bulgarian rower, born 1957
• Dolores Hayden
  American historian, architect, and poet, born 1945
• Dolores Duran
  Brazilian singer and composer (1930-1959)

• Lola
• Mila
• Amaya
• Alba
• Antonia
• Ximena
• Anita
• Catalina
• Magdalena
• Esmeralda
• Mercedes
• Alejandra
• Marissa
• Isabela
• Ramona
• Marisa

All 85 names of Spanish origin

What does the name Dolores mean?

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores.

What is the origin of the name Dolores?

Borrowed from Spanish Dolores.

How popular is the name Dolores?

In 2025, 14 girls born in England and Wales were named Dolores, ranking 2,006th. Its peak was 2021, with 24 births.

Is Dolores a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 212,776 US babies named Dolores since 1880 were girls.

When was Dolores most popular?

1930 in the United States, when 12,842 babies were named Dolores, its highest rank at 13th.

How do you pronounce Dolores?

Dolores is /dəˈlɔɹ.ɪs/, 3 syllables.

What are other spellings of Dolores?

Delores.

Is Dolores also a surname?

Yes. Dolores is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.