Dolores
Pronounced D AH0 L AO1 R IH0 S (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1930
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Dolores?
Dolores is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 330,934 children — the 132nd most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1930, when 16,940 children were given it.
Delores is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dolores and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Delores
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AH0 L AO1 R IH0 S
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dolores
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dolores
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dolores?
- Dolores ranks 132nd among girls' names in US records, with 330,934 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 701.
- Is Dolores a unisex name?
- No. Dolores is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dolores most popular?
- 1930, when 16,940 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dolores spelled?
- Delores. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.