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

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Peak · girls
1930 · 12,842 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
211,440
since 1880

Dolores over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #13, 1930girls
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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#2,56468
2024#3,17650
2023#2,58868
2022#2,36478
2021#2,95856
2020#2,93155
2019#3,66541
2018#3,85338
2017#3,24749
2016#3,22950
2015#4,29533
2014#3,65242
2013#3,91838
2012#4,04737
2011#3,78140
2010#4,39733
2009#3,87040
2008#2,85562
2007#2,93061
2006#2,20687
2005#3,25747
2004#2,58964
2003#2,57762
2002#2,04684
2001#1,88792
2000#1,92388
1999#1,82887
1998#1,567105
1997#1,552104
1996#1,296133
1995#1,330124
1994#1,337126
1993#1,120160
1992#1,207144#8,4355
1991#1,248135
1990#1,036173
1989#958182#6,9416
1988#1,073147
1987#882192
1986#922174
1985#819199
1984#862177
1983#748218
1982#639280
1981#632282
1980#655279#6,2505
1979#610290#5,3556
1978#608281
1977#586295
1976#540324
1975#572289#5,4645
1974#550305
1973#481372#3,6948
1972#466397#4,9865
1971#438478
1970#407563#3,07110
1969#388586#3,5957
1968#373594#3,6736
1967#339678#3,9665
1966#319771#3,9485
1965#312828#2,7809
1964#2741,082#3,6016
1963#2681,111#2,67310
1962#2491,274#2,50411
1961#2351,340#3,0978
1960#2321,366#2,42312
1959#2221,418#2,11115
1958#2101,524#2,64210
1957#2121,572#3,0248
1956#1981,660#2,9698
1955#1901,778#3,8865
1954#1741,963#2,44911
1953#1651,978#1,83618
1952#1602,044#2,37611
1951#1492,141#1,77418
1950#1392,226#1,53823
1949#1302,464#1,61621
1948#1192,762#1,88116
1947#1113,071#1,64621
1946#1043,064#1,55721
1945#1032,704#1,63317
1944#923,081#1,23529
1943#743,698#1,69918
1942#634,267#1,24431
1941#574,384#1,12934
1940#673,604#1,39723
1939#583,980#1,19430
1938#434,809#1,12533
1937#375,568#1,01639
1936#306,417#1,06836
1935#267,375#83456
1934#267,689#95644
1933#218,022#98042
1932#189,630#87453
1931#1410,807#95947
1930#1312,842#71077
1929#1411,508#91454
1928#209,615#99248
1927#346,769#1,17837
1926#495,218#1,29631
1925#644,145#1,30431
1924#753,729#1,26333
1923#833,369#1,58923
1922#1042,714#1,82719
1921#1112,558#2,05916
1920#1102,365#1,88518
1919#1241,911#2,51111
1918#1271,835#1,99816
1917#1391,562#1,75518
1916#1461,374#2,25912
1915#1471,280#3,8255
1914#155934#2,4578
1913#165706
1912#185522#1,41712
1911#196363
1910#220294
1909#238220
1908#233212
1907#244192
1906#237183
1905#277142
1904#268138
1903#292114
1902#304108
1901#36468
1900#35291
1899#36664
1898#41156
1897#42048
1896#46239
1895#44041
1894#38254
1893#48731
1892#51028
1891#51425
1890#57021
1889#60018
1888#45130
1887#60814
1886#69311
1885#65811
1884#58313
1883#51714
1882#59610
1881#53910
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1930 at #13 (12,842 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1923–1944
  • Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1880–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 88
  • Highest: 1 in 88 girls born in 1930 were named Dolores (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 36.5% of all girls named Dolores (77,139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s144#451 (1888)#571
1890s407#366 (1899)#456
1900s1,468#233 (1908)#281
1910s10,781#124 (1919)#160
1920s51,990#14 (1929)#66
1930s77,139#13 (1930)#29
1940s33,099#57 (1941)#92
1950s18,304#139 (1950)#182
1960s9,630#232 (1960)#299
1970s3,594#407 (1970)#526
1980s2,130#632 (1981)#819
1990s1,291#1,036 (1990)#1,352
2000s687#1,887 (2001)#2,614
2010s401#3,229 (2016)#3,808
2020s375#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 1972

girls
#466
397 births · 1 in 3,832 girls
boys
#4,986
5 births · 1 in 324,322 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #466Dolores397

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #4,986Dolores5
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 3,832 of them was named Dolores, which outranked 95.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dolores
  1. #462Lorrie402
  2. #464Maryann401
  3. #465Nadine400
  4. #466Dolores397
  5. #466Alexis397
  6. #468Abigail393
  7. #469Cari387
  8. #470Tonja386

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Dolores, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dolores
  1. #4,441Zeyad6
  2. #4,441Zubin6
  3. #4,441Zvi6
  4. #4,986Dolores5
  5. #4,986Aaric5
  6. #4,986Aasim5
  7. #4,986Abiel5

Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972