Dolores
#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 12,842 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 211,440since 1880
Dolores 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 | #2,564 | 68 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,931 | 55 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,887 | 92 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,923 | 88 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,828 | 87 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,567 | 105 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,552 | 104 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,296 | 133 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,330 | 124 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,337 | 126 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,120 | 160 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,207 | 144 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,248 | 135 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,036 | 173 | — | |
| 1989 | #958 | 182 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,073 | 147 | — | |
| 1987 | #882 | 192 | — | |
| 1986 | #922 | 174 | — | |
| 1985 | #819 | 199 | — | |
| 1984 | #862 | 177 | — | |
| 1983 | #748 | 218 | — | |
| 1982 | #639 | 280 | — | |
| 1981 | #632 | 282 | — | |
| 1980 | #655 | 279 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #610 | 290 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #608 | 281 | — | |
| 1977 | #586 | 295 | — | |
| 1976 | #540 | 324 | — | |
| 1975 | #572 | 289 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #550 | 305 | — | |
| 1973 | #481 | 372 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #466 | 397 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #438 | 478 | — | |
| 1970 | #407 | 563 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #388 | 586 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #373 | 594 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #339 | 678 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #319 | 771 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #312 | 828 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #274 | 1,082 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #268 | 1,111 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #249 | 1,274 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #235 | 1,340 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #232 | 1,366 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #222 | 1,418 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #210 | 1,524 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #212 | 1,572 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #198 | 1,660 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #190 | 1,778 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #174 | 1,963 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #165 | 1,978 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #160 | 2,044 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #149 | 2,141 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #139 | 2,226 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #130 | 2,464 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #119 | 2,762 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #111 | 3,071 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #104 | 3,064 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #103 | 2,704 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #92 | 3,081 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #74 | 3,698 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #63 | 4,267 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #57 | 4,384 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #67 | 3,604 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #58 | 3,980 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #43 | 4,809 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #37 | 5,568 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #30 | 6,417 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #26 | 7,375 | #834 | 56 |
| 1934 | #26 | 7,689 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #21 | 8,022 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | #18 | 9,630 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #14 | 10,807 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #13 | 12,842 | #710 | 77 |
| 1929 | #14 | 11,508 | #914 | 54 |
| 1928 | #20 | 9,615 | #992 | 48 |
| 1927 | #34 | 6,769 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #49 | 5,218 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #64 | 4,145 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #75 | 3,729 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #83 | 3,369 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #104 | 2,714 | #1,827 | 19 |
| 1921 | #111 | 2,558 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #110 | 2,365 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #124 | 1,911 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #127 | 1,835 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #139 | 1,562 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #146 | 1,374 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #147 | 1,280 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #155 | 934 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #165 | 706 | — | |
| 1912 | #185 | 522 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #196 | 363 | — | |
| 1910 | #220 | 294 | — | |
| 1909 | #238 | 220 | — | |
| 1908 | #233 | 212 | — | |
| 1907 | #244 | 192 | — | |
| 1906 | #237 | 183 | — | |
| 1905 | #277 | 142 | — | |
| 1904 | #268 | 138 | — | |
| 1903 | #292 | 114 | — | |
| 1902 | #304 | 108 | — | |
| 1901 | #364 | 68 | — | |
| 1900 | #352 | 91 | — | |
| 1899 | #366 | 64 | — | |
| 1898 | #411 | 56 | — | |
| 1897 | #420 | 48 | — | |
| 1896 | #462 | 39 | — | |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 | — | |
| 1894 | #382 | 54 | — | |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | — | |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #570 | 21 | — | |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 | — | |
| 1888 | #451 | 30 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dolores was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dolores
- 612 spots since 2024 (#3,176 → #2,564)
- 367 spots since 2020 (#2,931 → #2,564)
- 1,731 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,564)
- Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1888 (#608 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1988 (#882 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1930 at #13 (12,842 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1923–1944
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1880–1987
- Highest: 1 in 88 girls born in 1930 were named Dolores (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.5% of all girls named Dolores (77,139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 144 | #451 (1888) | #571 |
| 1890s | 407 | #366 (1899) | #456 |
| 1900s | 1,468 | #233 (1908) | #281 |
| 1910s | 10,781 | #124 (1919) | #160 |
| 1920s | 51,990 | #14 (1929) | #66 |
| 1930s | 77,139 | #13 (1930) | #29 |
| 1940s | 33,099 | #57 (1941) | #92 |
| 1950s | 18,304 | #139 (1950) | #182 |
| 1960s | 9,630 | #232 (1960) | #299 |
| 1970s | 3,594 | #407 (1970) | #526 |
| 1980s | 2,130 | #632 (1981) | #819 |
| 1990s | 1,291 | #1,036 (1990) | #1,352 |
| 2000s | 687 | #1,887 (2001) | #2,614 |
| 2010s | 401 | #3,229 (2016) | #3,808 |
| 2020s | 375 | #2,364 (2022) | #2,764 |
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.
Dolores in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 377 of them was named Dolores, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 79,294 of them was named Dolores, which outranked 57.9% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,636Windle19
- #1,636Winthrop19
- #1,636Young19
- #1,699Dolores18
- #1,699Adell18
- #1,699Baldemar18
- #1,699Bonifacio18
- #1,764Albino17
- #1,764Alvino17
- #1,764Apolonio17
Tied with 64 names at #1,699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.