Given name & surname
Delores
“woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary”
In English use, Delores has a related form in Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Delores has a related form in Dolores. One Spanish interpretation is “woman of sorrow; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Delores has a related form in Dolores. An origin associated with Dolores is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Delores is used as a variant of DoLorEs.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delores through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 118,251
- 430 boys · 117,821 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 4,171 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,771 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,771 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,152 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 60,887 as a first name in 2020; 209 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Delores’s family of names
Delores has a related form in Dolores. Delores has a related form in Deloris.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Delores
- Delores TaylorAmerican actress1932–2018
- Delores S. WilliamsAmerican womanist theologian1937–2022
- Delores ZieglerAmerican singerborn 1951
- Delores P. AldridgeAmerican sociologist1900
- Delores HallAmerican actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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