Dolores
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- do-LOR-ez
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,564 for girls
Dolores is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “sorrows”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Dolores mean?
Spanish: from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, María de los Dolores
“sorrows”
Taken from María de los Dolores, Our Lady of Sorrows, a title of the Virgin Mary.
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Is Dolores a girl's or a boy's name?
Dolores is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dolores in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Dolores, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dolores in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Dolores in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Dolores in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,564among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Dolores, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 1930, with 12,842 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dolores in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dolores in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,919 |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,825 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,565 |
| 1997 | 104 | #1,550 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 124 | #1,327 |
| 1994 | 126 | #1,334 |
| 1993 | 160 | #1,118 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 135 | #1,244 |
| 1990 | 173 | #1,034 |
| 1989 | 182 | #955 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,072 |
| 1987 | 192 | #882 |
| 1986 | 174 | #922 |
| 1985 | 199 | #819 |
| 1984 | 177 | #862 |
| 1983 | 218 | #748 |
| 1982 | 280 | #639 |
| 1981 | 282 | #632 |
| 1980 | 279 | #655 |
| 1979 | 290 | #610 |
| 1978 | 281 | #608 |
| 1977 | 295 | #586 |
| 1976 | 324 | #540 |
| 1975 | 289 | #572 |
| 1974 | 305 | #550 |
| 1973 | 372 | #481 |
| 1972 | 397 | #466 |
| 1971 | 478 | #438 |
| 1970 | 563 | #407 |
| 1969 | 586 | #388 |
| 1968 | 594 | #373 |
| 1967 | 678 | #339 |
| 1966 | 771 | #319 |
| 1965 | 828 | #312 |
| 1964 | 1,082 | #274 |
| 1963 | 1,111 | #268 |
| 1962 | 1,274 | #249 |
| 1961 | 1,340 | #235 |
| 1960 | 1,366 | #232 |
| 1959 | 1,418 | #222 |
| 1958 | 1,524 | #210 |
| 1957 | 1,572 | #212 |
| 1956 | 1,660 | #198 |
| 1955 | 1,778 | #190 |
| 1954 | 1,963 | #174 |
| 1953 | 1,978 | #165 |
| 1952 | 2,044 | #160 |
| 1951 | 2,141 | #149 |
| 1950 | 2,226 | #139 |
| 1949 | 2,464 | #130 |
| 1948 | 2,762 | #119 |
| 1947 | 3,071 | #111 |
| 1946 | 3,064 | #104 |
| 1945 | 2,704 | #103 |
| 1944 | 3,081 | #92 |
| 1943 | 3,698 | #74 |
| 1942 | 4,267 | #63 |
| 1941 | 4,384 | #57 |
| 1940 | 3,604 | #67 |
| 1939 | 3,980 | #58 |
| 1938 | 4,809 | #43 |
| 1937 | 5,568 | #37 |
| 1936 | 6,417 | #30 |
| 1935 | 7,375 | #26 |
| 1934 | 7,689 | #26 |
| 1933 | 8,022 | #21 |
| 1932 | 9,630 | #18 |
| 1931 | 10,807 | #14 |
| 1930 | 12,842 | #13 |
| 1929 | 11,508 | #14 |
| 1928 | 9,615 | #20 |
| 1927 | 6,769 | #34 |
| 1926 | 5,218 | #49 |
| 1925 | 4,145 | #64 |
| 1924 | 3,729 | #75 |
| 1923 | 3,369 | #83 |
| 1922 | 2,714 | #104 |
| 1921 | 2,558 | #111 |
| 1920 | 2,365 | #110 |
| 1919 | 1,911 | #124 |
| 1918 | 1,835 | #127 |
| 1917 | 1,562 | #139 |
| 1916 | 1,374 | #146 |
| 1915 | 1,280 | #147 |
| 1914 | 934 | #155 |
| 1913 | 706 | #165 |
| 1912 | 522 | #185 |
| 1911 | 363 | #196 |
| 1910 | 294 | #220 |
| 1909 | 220 | #238 |
| 1908 | 212 | #233 |
| 1907 | 192 | #244 |
| 1906 | 183 | #237 |
| 1905 | 142 | #277 |
| 1904 | 138 | #268 |
| 1903 | 114 | #292 |
| 1902 | 108 | #304 |
| 1901 | 68 | #364 |
| 1900 | 91 | #352 |
| 1899 | 64 | #366 |
| 1898 | 56 | #411 |
| 1897 | 48 | #420 |
| 1896 | 39 | #462 |
| 1895 | 41 | #440 |
| 1894 | 54 | #382 |
| 1893 | 31 | #487 |
| 1892 | 28 | #510 |
| 1891 | 25 | #514 |
| 1890 | 21 | #570 |
| 1889 | 18 | #600 |
| 1888 | 30 | #451 |
| 1887 | 14 | #608 |
| 1886 | 11 | #693 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
Nicknames for Dolores
Names like Dolores
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dolores: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dolores, updated 20 October 2026.