Girls' name · peaked in 1930
Dolores name popularity since 1925
185,050 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dolores (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1935 or earlier, so the typical Dolores is about 91 years old in 2026. Dolores peaked in 1930 as the #13 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 185,050
- Named Dolores, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1930
- #13 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,567 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 183,905 girls · 1,145 boys
- Most popular in
- Pennsylvania
- 2.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Dolores 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.
Dolores births per year, 1925–2025
1930 was the biggest year for Dolores both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Dolores became 3.3× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1935 and 1940, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 142 to 1 in 317.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dolores's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dolores.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dolores 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 | 37,255 | 201 | – |
| 1930s | 77,139 | 457 | #26 |
| 1940s | 33,099 | 231 | #103 |
| 1950s | 18,304 | 127 | #190 |
| 1960s | 9,630 | 79 | #312 |
| 1970s | 3,594 | 34 | #572 |
| 1980s | 2,130 | 11 | #820 |
| 1990s | 1,291 | 5 | #1,331 |
| 2000s | 687 | 0 | #3,279 |
| 2010s | 401 | 0 | #4,323 |
| 2020–25 | 375 | 0 | #2,567 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
65.2% of babies named Dolores from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Dolores is most popular
The index compares Dolores'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 Dolores.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2.91× | 27,168 |
| New Mexico | 2.62× | 2,665 |
| New Jersey | 1.95× | 9,877 |
| Illinois | 1.78× | 15,945 |
| Rhode Island | 1.77× | 1,154 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Dolores 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dolores (this page) | 183,905 | 1930 |
| Doloris | 1,494 | 1932 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dolores's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dolores.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dolores (1930).
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