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
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 3,991 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 117,821since 1890
Delores over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,972 | 71 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,854 | 77 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,818 | 79 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,752 | 82 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,600 | 81 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,459 | 89 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,287 | 104 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,179 | 111 | — | |
| 1982 | #994 | 148 | — | |
| 1981 | #942 | 157 | — | |
| 1980 | #862 | 178 | — | |
| 1979 | #942 | 156 | — | |
| 1978 | #876 | 167 | — | |
| 1977 | #811 | 185 | — | |
| 1976 | #844 | 162 | — | |
| 1975 | #748 | 191 | — | |
| 1974 | #660 | 231 | — | |
| 1973 | #573 | 281 | — | |
| 1972 | #596 | 269 | — | |
| 1971 | #540 | 339 | — | |
| 1970 | #468 | 442 | — | |
| 1969 | #453 | 454 | — | |
| 1968 | #409 | 520 | — | |
| 1967 | #381 | 576 | — | |
| 1966 | #334 | 700 | — | |
| 1965 | #332 | 733 | — | |
| 1964 | #308 | 892 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #292 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1962 | #278 | 1,046 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #259 | 1,191 | — | |
| 1960 | #236 | 1,346 | — | |
| 1959 | #229 | 1,376 | — | |
| 1958 | #204 | 1,596 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #205 | 1,656 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #188 | 1,845 | — | |
| 1955 | #188 | 1,790 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #177 | 1,948 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #156 | 2,172 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #152 | 2,191 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #141 | 2,332 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #129 | 2,457 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #126 | 2,529 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #116 | 2,840 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #115 | 2,964 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #115 | 2,781 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #112 | 2,445 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #97 | 2,756 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #99 | 2,929 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #86 | 3,171 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #80 | 3,160 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #83 | 2,929 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #79 | 3,018 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #75 | 3,322 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #68 | 3,529 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #58 | 3,760 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #57 | 3,793 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #51 | 3,991 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #52 | 3,890 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #56 | 4,152 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #58 | 4,050 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #66 | 4,098 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #74 | 3,517 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #94 | 2,810 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #128 | 2,015 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #145 | 1,675 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #163 | 1,486 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #174 | 1,324 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #184 | 1,181 | — | |
| 1922 | #215 | 911 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #229 | 810 | — | |
| 1920 | #241 | 733 | — | |
| 1919 | #288 | 486 | — | |
| 1918 | #305 | 436 | — | |
| 1917 | #310 | 393 | — | |
| 1916 | #381 | 271 | — | |
| 1915 | #391 | 237 | — | |
| 1914 | #372 | 203 | — | |
| 1913 | #472 | 113 | — | |
| 1912 | #447 | 111 | — | |
| 1911 | #477 | 75 | — | |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 | — | |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 | — | |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | — | |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1934 at #51 (3,991 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1928–1944
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1899–1982
- 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
- 31.9% of all girls named Delores (37,603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 54 | #728 (1899) | #1,149 |
| 1900s | 278 | #535 (1908) | #708 |
| 1910s | 2,375 | #288 (1919) | #403 |
| 1920s | 16,462 | #74 (1929) | #165 |
| 1930s | 37,603 | #51 (1934) | #62 |
| 1940s | 28,504 | #80 (1941) | #103 |
| 1950s | 19,363 | #129 (1950) | #177 |
| 1960s | 8,459 | #236 (1960) | #328 |
| 1970s | 2,423 | #468 (1970) | #706 |
| 1980s | 1,145 | #862 (1980) | #1,273 |
| 1990s | 612 | #1,617 (1990) | #2,371 |
| 2000s | 259 | #3,527 (2000) | #5,256 |
| 2010s | 182 | #5,284 (2016) | #6,788 |
| 2020s | 102 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 390 of them was named Delores, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 55,199 of them was named Delores, which outranked 62.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,433Westley22
- #1,433Winton22
- #1,433Wright22
- #1,471Delores21
- #1,471Ace21
- #1,471Adolf21
- #1,471Adrain21
- #1,519Aldo20
- #1,519Anita20
- #1,519Antoine20
Tied with 47 names at #1,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.