Dolores

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dolores: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dolores: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #80, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#2150
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#2215
2013	#4050
2014	#2862
2016	#2547
2017	#1911
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#1939
2021	#1311
2022	#2178
2023	#3218
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 54 years from 1964 to 2017.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1911 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2017
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dolores appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 914 births with the name.

Dolores across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dolores's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#80 (1964)	#80 (1964)	#873 (2017)	33 of 54	914 (1964–2017)	77 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1311 (2021)	#3015 (2024)	25 of 29	212 (1996–2024)	24 (2021)

Dolores by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dolores in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	396	6 of 10	66
1970s	364	10 of 10	36
1980s	123	9 of 10	14
1990s	28	7 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 66 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dolores appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Dolores's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1311	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	16	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	33	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	21	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	31	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	40	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	61	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	42	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	36	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	46	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	51	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	52	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	72	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	70	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	77	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	74	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dolly-Rose · #1512, 13y
Dolton · #1761, 24y
Domantas · #397, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Imelda · #80, 53y
Rosaleen · #80, 51y
Anny · #79, 56y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Daragh · #80, 62y
Imelda · #80, 53y
Rosaleen · #80, 51y
Rupert · #80, 35y

Dolores was ranked #80 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dolores and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dolores without appearing here.

Dolores moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2150 and #5545.
Therese Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #4838.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Dolores

Audrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1317.
Beau Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2096 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1805.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.
Mila Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Dolores

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 while Aisling went from #154 to #86.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 while Alexandra went from #222 to #111.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 while Anna went from #34 to #12.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 while Charlotte went from #171 to #42.

Moved the same way as Dolores

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 and Alma from #327 to #579.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 and Audrey from #85 to #471.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 and Eileen from #17 to #396.
Florence Compare
Between 1964 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dolores went from #80 to #873 and Florence from #146 to #219.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #80 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dolores

Dolores at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dolores across 2 official records

Dolores by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dolores appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dolores and the names beside it

Dolores moved ahead of

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Dolores at a glance

Dolores across 2 official records

Dolores by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Dolores appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dolores

Dolores and the names beside it

Dolores moved ahead of

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