Delores
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Delores is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Delores mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish, variant of Dolores.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Delores a girl's or a boy's name?
Delores is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delores in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Delores, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 4,152 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the girls named Delores in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delores in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,967 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,850 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,814 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,746 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,613 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,765 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,599 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,458 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,484 |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,287 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 111 | #1,179 |
| 1982 | 148 | #994 |
| 1981 | 157 | #942 |
| 1980 | 178 | #862 |
| 1979 | 156 | #942 |
| 1978 | 167 | #876 |
| 1977 | 185 | #811 |
| 1976 | 162 | #844 |
| 1975 | 191 | #748 |
| 1974 | 231 | #660 |
| 1973 | 281 | #573 |
| 1972 | 269 | #596 |
| 1971 | 339 | #540 |
| 1970 | 442 | #468 |
| 1969 | 454 | #453 |
| 1968 | 520 | #409 |
| 1967 | 576 | #381 |
| 1966 | 700 | #334 |
| 1965 | 733 | #332 |
| 1964 | 892 | #308 |
| 1963 | 1,001 | #292 |
| 1962 | 1,046 | #278 |
| 1961 | 1,191 | #259 |
| 1960 | 1,346 | #236 |
| 1959 | 1,376 | #229 |
| 1958 | 1,596 | #204 |
| 1957 | 1,656 | #205 |
| 1956 | 1,845 | #188 |
| 1955 | 1,790 | #188 |
| 1954 | 1,948 | #177 |
| 1953 | 2,172 | #156 |
| 1952 | 2,191 | #152 |
| 1951 | 2,332 | #141 |
| 1950 | 2,457 | #129 |
| 1949 | 2,529 | #126 |
| 1948 | 2,840 | #116 |
| 1947 | 2,964 | #115 |
| 1946 | 2,781 | #115 |
| 1945 | 2,445 | #112 |
| 1944 | 2,756 | #97 |
| 1943 | 2,929 | #99 |
| 1942 | 3,171 | #86 |
| 1941 | 3,160 | #80 |
| 1940 | 2,929 | #83 |
| 1939 | 3,018 | #79 |
| 1938 | 3,322 | #75 |
| 1937 | 3,529 | #68 |
| 1936 | 3,760 | #58 |
| 1935 | 3,793 | #57 |
| 1934 | 3,991 | #51 |
| 1933 | 3,890 | #52 |
| 1932 | 4,152 | #56 |
| 1931 | 4,050 | #58 |
| 1930 | 4,098 | #66 |
| 1929 | 3,517 | #74 |
| 1928 | 2,810 | #94 |
| 1927 | 2,015 | #128 |
| 1926 | 1,675 | #145 |
| 1925 | 1,486 | #163 |
| 1924 | 1,324 | #174 |
| 1923 | 1,181 | #184 |
| 1922 | 911 | #215 |
| 1921 | 810 | #229 |
| 1920 | 733 | #241 |
| 1919 | 486 | #288 |
| 1918 | 436 | #305 |
| 1917 | 393 | #310 |
| 1916 | 271 | #381 |
| 1915 | 237 | #391 |
| 1914 | 203 | #372 |
| 1913 | 113 | #472 |
| 1912 | 111 | #447 |
| 1911 | 75 | #477 |
| 1910 | 50 | #584 |
| 1909 | 42 | #594 |
| 1908 | 47 | #535 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 28 | #689 |
| 1905 | 24 | #734 |
| 1904 | 28 | #653 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 22 | #734 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 19 | #860 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
Names like Delores
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Frances, Dolores, Mavis, Elaine, Bonnie, Maxine, Billie, Rosemary, Dorothy, Gloria, Judith, Mary
Names related to Delores
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Delores: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delores, updated 20 October 2026.