How rare is the name Delores?

60,887 people in the United States have the first name Delores, about 1 in 4,961. It ranks #801 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DELORES

#801

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
60,887
About
1 in 4,961
This common or more
66.7%
Who bears it

Of the 60,887 people named Delores, 61% reported their origin as White, 30.5% as Black and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Delores peaked in 1932, when 4,171 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1932
Births that year
4,171
In 2025*
21 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 118,251 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Delores by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #112. The largest share of babies named Delores, 52.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1890s#2,11654
1900s#1,079278
1910s#6462,375
1920s#26016,523
1930s#11237,792
1940s#21028,617
1950s#33219,419
1960s#5728,470
1970s#1,1652,423
1980s#2,0251,145
1990s#3,737612
2000s#8,393259
2010s#11,341182
2020s#11,472102
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4552.1%
Baby boom 1946–6430.5%
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Delores is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delores has been most common in North Dakota (4.8×), South Dakota (4.4×), and District of Columbia (3×), and least common in Alaska (0.21×).

114,242 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Delores

#799 Elise · 61,120#800 Jacquelyn · 60,916#802 Josue · 60,561#803 Nevaeh · 60,298

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delores, most common first.

#1,773 Deloris · 16,930#18,210 Delorise · 594#19,044 Deloras · 561#22,540 Delories · 441#22,790 Delorse · 434

Also a last name

As a last name, Delores ranks #93,963 of 156,621, with 209 people. See Delores as a last name

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