Name meaning & stats
Delores
Delores means “sorrows” (Spanish origin). 61,229 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“sorrows”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
61,229 US babies were named Delores between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Delores (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)