Delores — #10270 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Delores

The Social Security Administration has registered 117,800 babies named Delores between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delores currently holds the #10270 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 4,152 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delores performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 37,603 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Delores shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7,584 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Delores in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delores in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 117,800 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.