Delores
A unisex name of Spanish origin, meaning sorrows; a form of Dolores.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Delores by the numbers
Delores was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 4,151 babies in 1932, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Dolores
Like Delores, each of these traces back to Dolores: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lolasorrows; diminutive of Dolores524 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dolliedoll; a diminutive of Dorothy or Dolores55 in England and Wales (2025)
- Doloressorrows or pains14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lollielollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lollylollipop; a form of Lola or Dolores5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
- Dolorisa form of Dolores, woman of sorrows
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delores. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Delorean5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Delores
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