Infographic of Dolores name meaning, which is “The lady of sorrows,” from the Latin dolere, to suffer, or from dolor, sorrow. An allusion to the Spanish Maria de los Dolores, Mary of the sorrows.
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Dolores Name Popularity

How popular is the name Dolores? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 223 242 0.0687%
1911 203 309 0.083%
1912 194 472 0.0936%
1913 167 661 0.1166%
1914 154 901 0.1293%
1915 146 1,263 0.139%
1916 145 1,361 0.1409%
1917 139 1,528 0.1527%
1918 127 1,817 0.1693%
1919 124 1,876 0.1792%
1920 111 2,348 0.2112%
1921 111 2,546 0.2223%
1922 104 2,699 0.2423%
1923 83 3,356 0.2996%
1924 75 3,710 0.3195%
1925 64 4,135 0.3658%
1926 49 5,204 0.4731%
1927 34 6,766 0.6112%
1928 20 9,610 0.8982%
1929 14 11,500 1.1103%
1930 13 12,838 1.229%
1931 14 10,802 1.0944%
1932 18 9,629 0.9746%
1933 21 8,019 0.8607%
1934 26 7,685 0.795%
1935 26 7,371 0.7585%
1936 30 6,410 0.6654%
1937 37 5,567 0.565%
1938 43 4,804 0.4693%
1939 58 3,975 0.3908%
1940 66 3,604 0.3391%
1941 57 4,378 0.389%
1942 63 4,257 0.3371%
1943 74 3,695 0.283%
1944 92 3,060 0.2469%
1945 103 2,690 0.2206%
1946 104 3,047 0.2065%
1947 111 3,055 0.183%
1948 119 2,745 0.172%
1949 131 2,443 0.1519%
1950 140 2,207 0.1371%
1951 150 2,118 0.1249%
1952 161 2,015 0.1154%
1953 165 1,960 0.1107%
1954 174 1,950 0.1067%
1955 190 1,763 0.0958%
1956 198 1,643 0.087%
1957 212 1,549 0.0805%
1958 210 1,504 0.0796%
1959 224 1,385 0.0729%
1960 234 1,336 0.0705%
1961 235 1,310 0.0694%
1962 252 1,223 0.0666%
1963 269 1,076 0.0599%
1964 274 1,032 0.0586%
1965 312 779 0.0476%
1966 319 726 0.0465%
1967 344 630 0.0415%
1968 375 546 0.0364%
1969 395 534 0.0347%
1970 406 523 0.0329%
1971 443 429 0.0285%
1972 473 336 0.0247%
1973 483 321 0.0248%
1974 541 264 0.0203%
1975 564 249 0.0194%
1976 527 289 0.0224%
1977 576 257 0.0191%
1978 608 229 0.017%
1979 574 268 0.019%
1980 635 239 0.0163%
1981 646 228 0.0155%
1982 614 243 0.0163%
1983 699 190 0.0129%
1984 780 151 0.0102%
1985 786 158 0.0104%
1986 903 127 0.0084%
1987 826 157 0.0103%
1988 990 117 0.0075%
1989 925 145 0.009%
1990 974 142 0.0086%
1991 1,112 112 0.0069%
1992 1,135 108 0.0068%
1993 1,033 130 0.0083%
1994 1,150 104 0.0068%
1995 1,222 88 0.0058%
1996 1,238 90 0.006%
1997 1,341 76 0.0051%
1998 1,389 73 0.0049%
1999 1,629 51 0.0034%
2000 1,889 39 0.0026%
2001 1,697 53 0.0035%
2002 1,684 54 0.0036%
2003 2,134 31 0.002%
2004 2,065 35 0.0023%
2005 2,301 27 0.0018%
2006 1,768 56 0.0036%
2007 2,239 31 0.002%
2008 2,290 28 0.0018%
2009 2,877 13 0.0009%
2010 2,628 17 0.0012%
2011 2,348 23 0.0016%
2012 2,775 13 0.0009%
2013 2,338 22 0.0015%
2014 2,273 24 0.0016%
2015 3,399 5 0.0003%
2016 2,502 17 0.0012%
2017 2,379 18 0.0013%
2018 2,324 19 0.0014%
2019 2,886 8 0.0006%
2020 2,435 29 0.0023%
2021 2,749 21 0.0017%
2022 2,176 40 0.003%

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What names are variants of Dolores?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Dalores

Sorrows

Spanish

Delora

Sorrows

Spanish

Delores

Sorrows

Spanish

Deloria

Sorrows

Spanish

Deloris

Sorrows

Spanish

Dolorcita

Sorrows

Spanish

Dolorcitas

Sorrows

Spanish

Dolorita

Sorrows

Spanish

Doloritas

Sorrows

Spanish

Lola

The sorrows

Spanish

Lolita

A variant spelling of Loleta.

Spanish


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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Carmel

Garden, orchard

Hebrew

Mary

Of the sea

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