Girls' name · peaked in 1932
Delores name popularity since 1925
110,571 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Delores. Half of them were born in 1941 or earlier, so the typical Delores is about 85 years old in 2026. Delores peaked in 1932 as the #56 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 110,571
- Named Delores, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1932
- #56 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,771 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 110,155 girls · 416 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 4.89× its national share
Peak year is the year Delores made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Delores births per year, 1925–2025
1932 was the biggest year for Delores both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Delores became 3× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1966 and 1971, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 2,420 to 1 in 4,910.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Delores's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Delores.
Decade by decade
Babies named Delores in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 11,503 | 47 | – |
| 1930s | 37,603 | 189 | #57 |
| 1940s | 28,504 | 113 | #112 |
| 1950s | 19,363 | 56 | #188 |
| 1960s | 8,459 | 11 | #333 |
| 1970s | 2,423 | 0 | #750 |
| 1980s | 1,145 | 0 | #1,289 |
| 1990s | 612 | 0 | #2,801 |
| 2000s | 259 | 0 | #4,612 |
| 2010s | 182 | 0 | #6,292 |
| 2020–25 | 102 | 0 | #5,771 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
55.7% of babies named Delores from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Delores is most popular
The index compares Delores's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Delores.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 4.89× | 1,677 |
| South Dakota | 4.28× | 1,485 |
| District of Columbia | 3.04× | 1,526 |
| West Virginia | 2.56× | 2,452 |
| Nebraska | 2.55× | 1,949 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Delores and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Delores (this page) | 110,155 | 1932 |
| Deloris | 31,594 | 1933 |
| Delories | 1,177 | 1941 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Delores's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Delores.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Delores (1932).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data