Delores

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #3,601
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 3,991 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
117,821
since 1890

Delores over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #51, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221—
2024#10,2719—
2023#4,87327—
2022#8,03213—
2021#6,69117—
2020#7,21215—
2019#5,61222—
2018#6,01020—
2017#7,44215—
2016#5,28425—
2015#6,23620—
2014#7,63615—
2013#6,46219—
2012#7,14417—
2011#7,78315—
2010#8,27114—
2009#8,05815—
2008#6,13022—
2007#6,55220—
2006#5,38325—
2005#4,58129—
2004#4,60129—
2003#4,53628—
2002#5,25422—
2001#3,94032—
2000#3,52737—
1999#3,31338—
1998#3,22238—
1997#2,65947—
1996#2,71445—
1995#2,78843—
1994#1,97271—
1993#1,85477—
1992#1,81879—
1991#1,75282—
1990#1,61792—
1989#1,76976—
1988#1,60081—
1987#1,45989—
1986#1,48484—
1985#1,287104—
1984#1,157117—
1983#1,179111—
1982#994148—
1981#942157—
1980#862178—
1979#942156—
1978#876167—
1977#811185—
1976#844162—
1975#748191—
1974#660231—
1973#573281—
1972#596269—
1971#540339—
1970#468442—
1969#453454—
1968#409520—
1967#381576—
1966#334700—
1965#332733—
1964#308892#3,6016
1963#2921,001—
1962#2781,046#4,0335
1961#2591,191—
1960#2361,346—
1959#2291,376—
1958#2041,596#3,2757
1957#2051,656#3,0248
1956#1881,845—
1955#1881,790#3,5056
1954#1771,948#3,1767
1953#1562,172#3,4256
1952#1522,191#3,7345
1951#1412,332#3,3646
1950#1292,457#2,32111
1949#1262,529#2,45310
1948#1162,840#3,0107
1947#1152,964#3,3706
1946#1152,781#1,75917
1945#1122,445#2,5748
1944#972,756#1,89014
1943#992,929#2,18212
1942#863,171#2,5239
1941#803,160#2,4919
1940#832,929#1,47121
1939#793,018#1,63617
1938#753,322#1,55919
1937#683,529#1,82815
1936#583,760#1,58718
1935#573,793#1,83715
1934#513,991#1,55120
1933#523,890#1,64418
1932#564,152#1,65119
1931#584,050#1,58920
1930#664,098#1,36828
1929#743,517#2,09614
1928#942,810#2,04815
1927#1282,015#3,4517
1926#1451,675#4,2015
1925#1631,486#3,7416
1924#1741,324#3,5057
1923#1841,181—
1922#215911#3,5327
1921#229810—
1920#241733—
1919#288486—
1918#305436—
1917#310393—
1916#381271—
1915#391237—
1914#372203—
1913#472113—
1912#447111—
1911#47775—
1910#58450—
1909#59442—
1908#53547—
1907#64933—
1906#68928—
1905#73424—
1904#65328—
1903#71222—
1902#73422—
1901#91813—
1900#86019—
1899#72819—
1898#1,2638—
1897#1,3856—
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1894#1,1368—
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1892#1,1717—
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1890#1,2106—
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Delores! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Delores is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Delores
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,549 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #5,722)
  • 1,490 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #5,722)
  • 514 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 535 spots in 1899 (#1,263 → #728)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1983 (#994 → #1,179)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1934 at #51 (3,991 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1928–1944
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1899–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 257
  • Highest: 1 in 257 girls born in 1932 were named Delores (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #51 in 1934, was only 1 in 262 (0.38%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Delores (37,603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s54#728 (1899)#1,149
1900s278#535 (1908)#708
1910s2,375#288 (1919)#403
1920s16,462#74 (1929)#165
1930s37,603#51 (1934)#62
1940s28,504#80 (1941)#103
1950s19,363#129 (1950)#177
1960s8,459#236 (1960)#328
1970s2,423#468 (1970)#706
1980s1,145#862 (1980)#1,273
1990s612#1,617 (1990)#2,371
2000s259#3,527 (2000)#5,256
2010s182#5,284 (2016)#6,788
2020s102#4,873 (2023)#7,134

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Delores in 1909

girls
#594
42 births · 1 in 8,267 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #594Delores42
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 8,267 of them was named Delores, which outranked 76.7% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delores
  1. #587Nita43
  2. #587Queenie43
  3. #587Verla43
  4. #594Delores42
  5. #594Bulah42
  6. #594Freddie42
  7. #594Georgianna42
  8. #608Claudine41
  9. #608Idell41
  10. #608Jo41

Tied with 13 names at #594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →