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Dolores

Girl's name · #2567 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Dolores belongs to an older America first — it reached #13 back in 1930 — yet it still appears in today's records at #2567. About 211,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Dolores ranks in other countries and regions.

#769 in Mexico (2024) · #1,702 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,923 in France (2025) · #2,041 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,144 in Canada (2024).

Famous Doloreses

• Dolores O'Riordan — Irish musician (1971–2018)
• Dolores Ibárruri — Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician (1895–1989)
• Dolores del Río — Mexican actress (1904–1983)
• Dolores Costello — American actress (1903–1979)
• Dolores Hart — American Roman Catholic religious nun, and former actress

In stories & tradition

• Dolores Umbridge — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (musical stage work)
• Dolores Abernathy — Westworld (TV series)
• Dolores the Elephant — Another Life (film)

What Doloreses become

Among 450 notable people named Dolores:

Political leaders appear 1.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish politician (1895–1989).

Spellings & nicknames

About 110 girls a year are given Dolly as their full name.

Similar names: Lola · Juanita · Dorothea · Estela · Lourdes · Josefina

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