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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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.

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 1932

girls
#56
4,152 births · 1 in 257 girls
boys
#1,651
19 births · 1 in 54,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #56Delores4,152

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,651Delores19
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 257 of them was named Delores, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delores
  1. #53Rita4,256
  2. #54Gladys4,185
  3. #55Lorraine4,162
  4. #56Delores4,152
  5. #57Josephine4,095
  6. #58Juanita4,012
  7. #59Pauline3,901
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 54,956 of them was named Delores, which outranked 61.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delores
  1. #1,584Wellington20
  2. #1,584Wilbern20
  3. #1,584Woody20
  4. #1,651Delores19
  5. #1,651Agapito19
  6. #1,651Armin19
  7. #1,651Basilio19
  8. #1,716Alpheus18
  9. #1,716Ardis18
  10. #1,716Asher18

Tied with 64 names at #1,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932