How rare is the name Dolores?

104,660 people in the United States have the first name Dolores, about 1 in 2,886. It ranks #535 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DOLORES

#535

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
104,660
About
1 in 2,886
This common or more
59.7%
Who bears it

Of the 104,660 people named Dolores, 59.4% reported their origin as White, 31.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dolores peaked in 1930, when 12,919 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
12,919
In 2025*
68 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 212,776 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Dolores by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #49. The largest share of babies named Dolores, 56.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,024144
1890s#701407
1900s#4221,468
1910s#25510,863
1920s#8752,300
1930s#4977,596
1940s#18633,330
1950s#34818,431
1960s#5339,709
1970s#9343,628
1980s#1,3792,141
1990s#2,2641,296
2000s#4,333687
2010s#6,545401
2020s#4,804375
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4556.7%
Baby boom 1946–6417%
Generation X 1965–803.5%
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.5%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Dolores is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dolores has been most common in Pennsylvania (2.7×), New Mexico (2.6×), and New Jersey (1.8×), and least common in Nevada (0.13×).

206,826 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 Dolores

#533 Charlie · 104,901#534 Joanna · 104,730#536 Jeanne · 104,565#537 Jessie · 104,536

Spelled almost the same

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

#13,289 Doloris · 913#42,763 Doloras · 167#46,679 Dolorez · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Dolores ranks #18,083 of 156,621, with 1,520 people. See Dolores as a last name

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