Meaning and history
Dolores means "sorrows" and comes from the Spanish Marian title Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, meaning "Our Lady of Sorrows." Used in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, it became especially popular in America during the 1920s and the following decade.
20062006: 87 births, rank #2,206
2007: 61 births, rank #2,930
2008: 62 births, rank #2,855
2009: 40 births, rank #3,870
2010: 33 births, rank #4,397
20112011: 40 births, rank #3,781
2012: 37 births, rank #4,047
2013: 38 births, rank #3,918
2014: 42 births, rank #3,652
2015: 33 births, rank #4,295
20162016: 50 births, rank #3,229
2017: 49 births, rank #3,247
2018: 38 births, rank #3,853
2019: 41 births, rank #3,665
2020: 55 births, rank #2,931
20212021: 56 births, rank #2,958
2022: 78 births, rank #2,364
2023: 68 births, rank #2,588
2024: 50 births, rank #3,176
20252025: 68 births, rank #2,564
Dolores moved from #882 to #959 for girls between 1987 and 1989. Its highest annual birth count came in 1930, with 12,842 births.