NameTides

Dolores

Dolores was the #2,564 girls' name in the US in 2025 (68 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales.

Dolores as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dolores as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Dolores as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,564 (68)#2,006 (14)——
2024#3,176 (50)#3,016 (8)——
2023#2,588 (68)#3,219 (7)——
2022#2,364 (78)#2,178 (12)——
2021#2,958 (56)#1,311 (24)——
2020#2,931 (55)#1,939 (14)—#2,873 (6)
2019#3,665 (41)#3,151 (7)——
2018#3,853 (38)#2,901 (8)——
2017#3,247 (49)#1,911 (15)#873 (3)—
2016#3,229 (50)#2,547 (10)——
2015#4,295 (33)———
2014#3,652 (42)#2,862 (8)——
2013#3,918 (38)#4,050 (5)——
2012#4,047 (37)#2,215 (12)——
2011#3,781 (40)#3,549 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1930 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dolores is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 39,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dolores by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Dolores (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DoloresCanadaGirls—too few
DoloresEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
DoloresIrelandGirls—too few
DoloresNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DoloresUSGirls#2,56468
DoloresUSBoys—too few