How Many People Are Named Dolores?
people named Dolores are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,979 people in the US has this name
Based on 212,776 babies named Dolores in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
12,919 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary MarΓa de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows". It has been used in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, becoming especially popular in America during the 1920s and 30s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dolores in English. Counting Dolores and these spellings together, about 138,560 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dolores, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Dolores alive today is about 74 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 86 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Dolores first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1930, to 12,919 babies. In 2025, 68 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Dolores never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #13, in 1930, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 1923 to 1944. In 2025 it ranked #2,567.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,567 |
| Best rank | #13 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | 22 (1923 to 1944) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #25 in the 1930s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Dolores alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dolores were born in California than in any other state: about 8,750 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dolores was given 3 times as often in New Mexico, 2.1 times in Arizona and 2 times in Pennsylvania.
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