Meaning and history
Delores is an English spelling variant of Dolores. Dolores is Spanish for “sorrows” and developed from the Catholic title María de los Dolores, “Mary of Sorrows,” referring to the suffering of the Virgin Mary. The devotional origin gives the name a religious meaning distinct from ordinary sadness. Notable bearers include American civil-rights activist Delores Tucker and American actor Delores Taylor. Lola is a traditional Spanish short form of Dolores.
20062006: 25 births, rank #5,383
2007: 20 births, rank #6,552
2008: 22 births, rank #6,130
2009: 15 births, rank #8,058
2010: 14 births, rank #8,271
20112011: 15 births, rank #7,783
2012: 17 births, rank #7,144
2013: 19 births, rank #6,462
2014: 15 births, rank #7,636
2015: 20 births, rank #6,236
20162016: 25 births, rank #5,284
2017: 15 births, rank #7,442
2018: 20 births, rank #6,010
2019: 22 births, rank #5,612
2020: 15 births, rank #7,212
20212021: 17 births, rank #6,691
2022: 13 births, rank #8,032
2023: 27 births, rank #4,873
2024: 9 births, rank #10,271
20252025: 21 births, rank #5,722
Delores moved from #944 to #999 for girls between 1981 and 1982. Its highest annual birth count came in 1932, with 4,152 births.