Name meaning & stats
Dolores
Dolores means “sorrows” (Spanish origin). 69,998 US babies since 1940, peak 1941.
What it means
“sorrows”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1941
69,998 US babies were named Dolores between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dolores (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Dolores is the main spelling
- Dolores 99%
- Doloris 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1941)