Delores
Delores was given to 21 girls in 2025, #5,770 among girls’ names; 118,251 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 51,400 Americans named Delores and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 67 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delores by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Delores mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Delores is “a female given name from Spanish, variant of Dolores.”
/dɪˈlɔːɹɪz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Delores?
#5,770 among girls’ names, 2025
Delores rose from #6,290 in 2015 to #5,770 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 11.2 to 13.1 per million.
4,171 babies in 1932, the peak
Delores peaked in 1932, when 4,171 babies were given it (4,152 girls, #56 among girls’ names). The 21 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,770 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,482 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,899 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,149 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,760 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,305 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,654 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,077 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,547 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,326 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #6,290 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,765 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,535 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,224 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,893 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,384 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,158 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,190 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,625 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,424 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,608 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,625 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,571 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,309 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,961 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,534 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,332 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,241 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,668 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,723 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,796 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,975 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,851 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 79 | #1,815 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,748 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,619 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,769 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,603 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,460 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,488 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,289 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,159 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 111 | #1,179 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 148 | #999 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 157 | #944 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 178 | #862 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 156 | #942 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 167 | #877 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 185 | #813 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 162 | #844 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 191 | #750 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 231 | #660 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 281 | #573 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 269 | #596 | 0.18 |
| 1971 | 339 | #541 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 442 | #469 | 0.25 |
| 1969 | 454 | #453 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 520 | #409 | 0.32 |
| 1967 | 576 | #381 | 0.35 |
| 1966 | 700 | #334 | 0.41 |
| 1965 | 733 | #333 | 0.42 |
| 1964 | 892 | #308 | 0.47 |
| 1963 | 1,001 | #292 | 0.52 |
| 1962 | 1,046 | #278 | 0.53 |
| 1961 | 1,191 | #259 | 0.59 |
| 1960 | 1,346 | #236 | 0.67 |
| 1959 | 1,376 | #229 | 0.68 |
| 1958 | 1,596 | #204 | 0.79 |
| 1957 | 1,656 | #205 | 0.81 |
| 1956 | 1,845 | #188 | 0.92 |
| 1955 | 1,790 | #188 | 0.92 |
| 1954 | 1,948 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 2,172 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1952 | 2,191 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 2,332 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1950 | 2,457 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1949 | 2,529 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1948 | 2,840 | #116 | 1.7 |
| 1947 | 2,964 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 1946 | 2,781 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1945 | 2,445 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1944 | 2,756 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 1943 | 2,929 | #99 | 2.1 |
| 1942 | 3,171 | #86 | 2.3 |
| 1941 | 3,160 | #80 | 2.6 |
| 1940 | 2,929 | #83 | 2.6 |
| 1939 | 3,018 | #79 | 2.8 |
| 1938 | 3,322 | #75 | 3.0 |
| 1937 | 3,529 | #68 | 3.3 |
| 1936 | 3,760 | #58 | 3.6 |
| 1935 | 3,793 | #57 | 3.6 |
| 1934 | 3,991 | #51 | 3.8 |
| 1933 | 3,890 | #52 | 3.9 |
| 1932 | 4,152 | #56 | 3.9 |
| 1931 | 4,050 | #58 | 3.8 |
| 1930 | 4,098 | #66 | 3.6 |
| 1929 | 3,517 | #74 | 3.1 |
| 1928 | 2,810 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1927 | 2,015 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1926 | 1,675 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 1,486 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,324 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1923 | 1,181 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 911 | #215 | 0.76 |
| 1921 | 810 | #229 | 0.66 |
| 1920 | 733 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1919 | 486 | #288 | 0.43 |
| 1918 | 436 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1917 | 393 | #310 | 0.36 |
| 1916 | 271 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1915 | 237 | #391 | 0.24 |
| 1914 | 203 | #372 | 0.27 |
| 1913 | 113 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 111 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 75 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 50 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 42 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 47 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 33 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 28 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 24 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 28 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 22 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 22 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 13 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 19 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 19 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Delores a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delores has been given almost only to girls: 430 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Delores: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delores, and how old are they?
51,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 118,251 Americans ever recorded as Delores. The median Delores alive today is 76 years old; half are between 67 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 60,887 people named Delores (60,752 women and girls, 135 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 66,434 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 17,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 27,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,410 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 423 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 237 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Delores born?
The states with the most babies named Delores are Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio, with 18% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 7,584 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 7,255 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 6,000 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 5,996 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Minnesota | 5,290 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Texas | 5,017 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 4,861 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 4,808 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 4,056 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 3,638 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Delores is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delores is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delores with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 155,345 babies since 1880, Delores is the most given (76% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 21 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delores
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delores and names like it
- Compare Delores and DelorisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sDelores peaked in 1932.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delores since 1910.
- The top names of 1932The year the most babies were named Delores.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delores alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.