Delores

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 3,991 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
117,821
since 1890

Delores over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #51, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#10,2719
2023#4,87327
2022#8,03213
2021#6,69117
2020#7,21215
2019#5,61222
2018#6,01020
2017#7,44215
2016#5,28425
2015#6,23620
2014#7,63615
2013#6,46219
2012#7,14417
2011#7,78315
2010#8,27114
2009#8,05815
2008#6,13022
2007#6,55220
2006#5,38325
2005#4,58129
2004#4,60129
2003#4,53628
2002#5,25422
2001#3,94032
2000#3,52737
1999#3,31338
1998#3,22238
1997#2,65947
1996#2,71445
1995#2,78843
1994#1,97271
1993#1,85477
1992#1,81879
1991#1,75282
1990#1,61792
1989#1,76976
1988#1,60081
1987#1,45989
1986#1,48484
1985#1,287104
1984#1,157117
1983#1,179111
1982#994148
1981#942157
1980#862178
1979#942156
1978#876167
1977#811185
1976#844162
1975#748191
1974#660231
1973#573281
1972#596269
1971#540339
1970#468442
1969#453454
1968#409520
1967#381576
1966#334700
1965#332733
1964#308892#3,6016
1963#2921,001
1962#2781,046#4,0335
1961#2591,191
1960#2361,346
1959#2291,376
1958#2041,596#3,2757
1957#2051,656#3,0248
1956#1881,845
1955#1881,790#3,5056
1954#1771,948#3,1767
1953#1562,172#3,4256
1952#1522,191#3,7345
1951#1412,332#3,3646
1950#1292,457#2,32111
1949#1262,529#2,45310
1948#1162,840#3,0107
1947#1152,964#3,3706
1946#1152,781#1,75917
1945#1122,445#2,5748
1944#972,756#1,89014
1943#992,929#2,18212
1942#863,171#2,5239
1941#803,160#2,4919
1940#832,929#1,47121
1939#793,018#1,63617
1938#753,322#1,55919
1937#683,529#1,82815
1936#583,760#1,58718
1935#573,793#1,83715
1934#513,991#1,55120
1933#523,890#1,64418
1932#564,152#1,65119
1931#584,050#1,58920
1930#664,098#1,36828
1929#743,517#2,09614
1928#942,810#2,04815
1927#1282,015#3,4517
1926#1451,675#4,2015
1925#1631,486#3,7416
1924#1741,324#3,5057
1923#1841,181
1922#215911#3,5327
1921#229810
1920#241733
1919#288486
1918#305436
1917#310393
1916#381271
1915#391237
1914#372203
1913#472113
1912#447111
1911#47775
1910#58450
1909#59442
1908#53547
1907#64933
1906#68928
1905#73424
1904#65328
1903#71222
1902#73422
1901#91813
1900#86019
1899#72819
1898#1,2638
1897#1,3856
1896
1895
1894#1,1368
1893
1892#1,1717
1891
1890#1,2106
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Delores! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Delores is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedAKMaine: #146 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 716 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedNHWashington: #35 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 152 girlsWAIdaho: #64 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 246 girlsIDMontana: #56 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 207 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #10 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 54 girlsNDMinnesota: #12 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 62 girlsMNIllinois: #43 for girls · 332 births · 1 in 172 girlsILWisconsin: #21 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 77 girlsWIMichigan: #32 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 135 girlsMINew York: #136 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 710 girlsNYMassachusetts: #160 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,268 girlsMARhode Island: #139 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 803 girlsRIOregon: #36 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 150 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #8 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 51 girlsSDIowa: #22 for girls · 204 births · 1 in 92 girlsIAIndiana: #37 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 165 girlsINOhio: #54 for girls · 240 births · 1 in 217 girlsOHPennsylvania: #63 for girls · 322 births · 1 in 255 girlsPANew Jersey: #109 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 566 girlsNJConnecticut: #130 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 755 girlsCTCalifornia: #100 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 443 girlsCAUtah: #44 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 199 girlsUTColorado: #70 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 268 girlsCONebraska: #18 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 77 girlsNEMissouri: #36 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 171 girlsMOKentucky: #98 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 414 girlsKYWest Virginia: #117 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 437 girlsWVVirginia: #115 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 471 girlsVAMaryland: #29 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 131 girlsMDDelaware: #62 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 218 girlsDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedNMKansas: #33 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 151 girlsKSArkansas: #172 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 758 girlsARTennessee: #161 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 790 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #173 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 865 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #220 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,322 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 104 girlsDCOklahoma: #83 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 360 girlsOKLouisiana: #78 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 294 girlsLAMississippi: #216 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,104 girlsMSAlabama: #165 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 730 girlsALGeorgia: #171 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 820 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Delores, so not publishedHITexas: #163 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 717 girlsTXFlorida: #83 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 318 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#8 · 1 in 51
  2. North Dakota#10 · 1 in 54
  3. Minnesota#12 · 1 in 62
  4. Nebraska#18 · 1 in 77
  5. Wisconsin#21 · 1 in 77

Best ever in a state: #4 in North Dakota, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#81111 in 51
North Dakota#101101 in 54
Minnesota#123171 in 62
Nebraska#181411 in 77
Wisconsin#213121 in 77
Iowa#222041 in 92
District of Columbia#27331 in 104
Maryland#29961 in 131
Michigan#323121 in 135
Kansas#33941 in 151
Washington#35621 in 152
Missouri#361631 in 171
Oregon#36351 in 150
Indiana#371521 in 165
Illinois#433321 in 172
Utah#44241 in 199
Ohio#542401 in 217
Montana#56181 in 207
Delaware#6271 in 218
Pennsylvania#633221 in 255
Idaho#64141 in 246
Colorado#70311 in 268
Louisiana#78721 in 294
Florida#83381 in 318
Oklahoma#83661 in 360
Kentucky#98661 in 414
California#100841 in 443
New Jersey#109521 in 566
Virginia#115511 in 471
West Virginia#117421 in 437
Connecticut#130151 in 755
New York#1361351 in 710
Rhode Island#13961 in 803
Maine#14691 in 716
Massachusetts#160251 in 1,268
Tennessee#161341 in 790
Texas#163831 in 717
Alabama#165411 in 730
Georgia#171371 in 820
Arkansas#172251 in 758
North Carolina#173411 in 865
Mississippi#216201 in 1,104
South Carolina#220151 in 1,322
Alaska
Arizona
Hawaii
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Vermont
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Delores
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,549 spots since 2024 (#10,271#5,722)
  • 1,490 spots since 2020 (#7,212#5,722)
  • 514 spots since 2015 (#6,236#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 535 spots in 1899 (#1,263#728)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1983 (#994#1,179)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1934 at #51 (3,991 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1928–1944
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1899–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 257
  • Highest: 1 in 257 girls born in 1932 were named Delores (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #51 in 1934, was only 1 in 262 (0.38%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Delores (37,603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s54#728 (1899)#1,149
1900s278#535 (1908)#708
1910s2,375#288 (1919)#403
1920s16,462#74 (1929)#165
1930s37,603#51 (1934)#62
1940s28,504#80 (1941)#103
1950s19,363#129 (1950)#177
1960s8,459#236 (1960)#328
1970s2,423#468 (1970)#706
1980s1,145#862 (1980)#1,273
1990s612#1,617 (1990)#2,371
2000s259#3,527 (2000)#5,256
2010s182#5,284 (2016)#6,788
2020s102#4,873 (2023)#7,134

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Delores in 1930

girls
#66
4,098 births · 1 in 275 girls
boys
#1,368
28 births · 1 in 39,192 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #66Delores4,098

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,368Delores28
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 275 of them was named Delores, which outranked 98.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delores
  1. #63Audrey4,129
  2. #64Clara4,124
  3. #65Ethel4,101
  4. #66Delores4,098
  5. #67Peggy4,084
  6. #68Wilma4,075
  7. #69Elaine3,954
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 39,192 of them was named Delores, which outranked 69.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delores
  1. #1,330Washington29
  2. #1,330Wyman29
  3. #1,330Zeb29
  4. #1,368Delores28
  5. #1,368Algie28
  6. #1,368Caesar28
  7. #1,368Clarke28
  8. #1,399Benjaman27
  9. #1,399Bernhard27
  10. #1,399Carmel27

Tied with 30 names at #1,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930