Dolores was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #13 in 1930 but is far less common today.
Dolores is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,567 for girl births in the United States (and #4,550 across all names), given to 68 babies. Dolores was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1930 (12,842 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | #2,567 | — |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | #3,186 | — |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | #2,594 | — |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | #2,368 | — |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | #2,969 | — |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | #2,936 | — |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | #3,683 | — |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | #3,871 | — |
| 2017 | 49 | 49 | #3,260 | — |
| 2016 | 50 | 50 | #3,246 | — |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | #4,323 | — |
| 2014 | 42 | 42 | #3,671 | — |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | #3,944 | — |
| 2012 | 37 | 37 | #4,068 | — |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #3,796 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | #4,422 | — |
| 2009 | 40 | 40 | #3,891 | — |
| 2008 | 62 | 62 | #2,863 | — |
| 2007 | 61 | 61 | #2,939 | — |
| 2006 | 87 | 87 | #2,213 | — |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #3,279 | — |
| 2004 | 64 | 64 | #2,598 | — |
| 2003 | 62 | 62 | #2,588 | — |
| 2002 | 84 | 84 | #2,051 | — |
| 2001 | 92 | 92 | #1,891 | — |
| 2000 | 88 | 88 | #1,926 | — |
| 1999 | 87 | 87 | #1,832 | — |
| 1998 | 105 | 105 | #1,570 | — |
| 1997 | 104 | — | #1,555 | — |
| 1996 | 133 | — | #1,299 | — |
| 1995 | 124 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1994 | 126 | — | #1,337 | — |
| 1993 | 160 | — | #1,121 | — |
| 1992 | 149 | — | #1,209 | #8,780 |
| 1991 | 135 | — | #1,251 | — |
| 1990 | 173 | — | #1,038 | — |
| 1989 | 188 | — | #959 | #7,229 |
| 1988 | 147 | — | #1,073 | — |
| 1987 | 192 | — | #882 | — |
| 1986 | 174 | — | #922 | — |
| 1985 | 199 | — | #820 | — |
| 1984 | 177 | — | #864 | — |
| 1983 | 218 | — | #748 | — |
| 1982 | 280 | — | #639 | — |
| 1981 | 282 | — | #632 | — |
| 1980 | 284 | — | #655 | #6,512 |
| 1979 | 296 | — | #611 | #5,539 |
| 1978 | 281 | — | #610 | — |
| 1977 | 295 | — | #586 | — |
| 1976 | 324 | — | #540 | — |
| 1975 | 294 | — | #572 | #5,688 |
| 1974 | 305 | — | #550 | — |
| 1973 | 380 | — | #482 | #3,791 |
| 1972 | 402 | — | #467 | #5,169 |
| 1971 | 478 | — | #438 | — |
| 1970 | 573 | — | #407 | #3,123 |
| 1969 | 593 | — | #388 | #3,686 |
| 1968 | 600 | — | #373 | #3,808 |
| 1967 | 683 | — | #339 | #4,115 |
| 1966 | 776 | — | #319 | #4,097 |
| 1965 | 837 | — | #312 | #2,843 |
| 1964 | 1,088 | — | #274 | #3,719 |
| 1963 | 1,121 | — | #268 | #2,720 |
| 1962 | 1,285 | — | #249 | #2,554 |
| 1961 | 1,348 | — | #235 | #3,170 |
| 1960 | 1,378 | — | #232 | #2,458 |
| 1959 | 1,433 | — | #222 | #2,138 |
| 1958 | 1,534 | — | #210 | #2,691 |
| 1957 | 1,580 | — | #212 | #3,081 |
| 1956 | 1,668 | — | #198 | #3,027 |
| 1955 | 1,783 | — | #190 | #4,008 |
| 1954 | 1,974 | — | #174 | #2,495 |
| 1953 | 1,996 | — | #165 | #1,852 |
| 1952 | 2,055 | — | #160 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 2,159 | — | #149 | #1,792 |
| 1950 | 2,249 | — | #139 | #1,550 |
| 1949 | 2,485 | — | #130 | #1,630 |
| 1948 | 2,778 | — | #119 | #1,897 |
| 1947 | 3,092 | — | #111 | #1,665 |
| 1946 | 3,085 | — | #104 | #1,567 |
| 1945 | 2,721 | — | #103 | #1,644 |
| 1944 | 3,110 | — | #92 | #1,241 |
| 1943 | 3,716 | — | #74 | #1,719 |
| 1942 | 4,298 | — | #63 | #1,254 |
| 1941 | 4,418 | — | #57 | #1,135 |
| 1940 | 3,627 | — | #67 | #1,411 |
| 1939 | 4,010 | — | #58 | #1,203 |
| 1938 | 4,842 | — | #43 | #1,132 |
| 1937 | 5,607 | — | #37 | #1,024 |
| 1936 | 6,453 | — | #30 | #1,076 |
| 1935 | 7,431 | — | #26 | #835 |
| 1934 | 7,733 | — | #26 | #958 |
| 1933 | 8,064 | — | #21 | #983 |
| 1932 | 9,683 | — | #18 | #878 |
| 1931 | 10,854 | — | #14 | #964 |
| 1930 | 12,919 | — | #13 | #713 |
| 1929 | 11,562 | — | #14 | #916 |
| 1928 | 9,663 | — | #20 | #992 |
| 1927 | 6,806 | — | #34 | #1,181 |
| 1926 | 5,249 | — | #49 | #1,306 |
| 1925 | 4,176 | — | #64 | #1,309 |
| 1924 | 3,762 | — | #75 | #1,271 |
| 1923 | 3,392 | — | #83 | #1,610 |
| 1922 | 2,733 | — | #104 | #1,841 |
| 1921 | 2,574 | — | #111 | #2,085 |
| 1920 | 2,383 | — | #110 | #1,902 |
| 1919 | 1,922 | — | #124 | #2,547 |
| 1918 | 1,851 | — | #127 | #2,022 |
| 1917 | 1,580 | — | #139 | #1,765 |
| 1916 | 1,386 | — | #146 | #2,295 |
| 1915 | 1,285 | — | #147 | #3,976 |
| 1914 | 942 | — | #155 | #2,494 |
| 1913 | 706 | — | #165 | — |
| 1912 | 534 | — | #185 | #1,441 |
| 1911 | 363 | — | #196 | — |
| 1910 | 294 | — | #220 | — |
| 1909 | 220 | — | #238 | — |
| 1908 | 212 | — | #233 | — |
| 1907 | 192 | — | #244 | — |
| 1906 | 183 | — | #237 | — |
| 1905 | 142 | — | #277 | — |
| 1904 | 138 | — | #269 | — |
| 1903 | 114 | — | #292 | — |
| 1902 | 108 | — | #304 | — |
| 1901 | 68 | — | #364 | — |
| 1900 | 91 | — | #353 | — |
| 1899 | 64 | — | #366 | — |
| 1898 | 56 | — | #414 | — |
| 1897 | 48 | — | #422 | — |
| 1896 | 39 | — | #463 | — |
| 1895 | 41 | — | #442 | — |
| 1894 | 54 | — | #382 | — |
| 1893 | 31 | — | #490 | — |
| 1892 | 28 | — | #512 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | — | #515 | — |
| 1890 | 21 | — | #572 | — |
| 1889 | 18 | — | #604 | — |
| 1888 | 30 | — | #451 | — |
| 1887 | 14 | — | #614 | — |
| 1886 | 11 | — | #702 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #666 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #592 | — |
| 1883 | 14 | — | #525 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #606 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #548 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | — | #475 | — |