Deloras
Feminine · “Sorrows”
Deloras is one of the American spellings of a Spanish name that is, strictly, a plural — and a plural of something painful. It is among the few names in wide use that name a sorrow rather than a hope.
How old is the name Deloras?
Deloras first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Deloras alive today was born around 1936, making them about 89 years old. About 400 people named Deloras are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Deloras most popular?
Deloras peaked in 1931, reaching #1175 nationally. See the whole 1931 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Dolores to Deloras
The story of Deloras
The image came long before the name. The mother of sorrows is a subject in European art — a woman alone, often with swords through her heart, one for each grief — and it was painted and carved for centuries before anybody thought of giving the title to a daughter. When the practice did start, it spread through the whole Spanish-speaking world. In America the name arrived twice: with Spanish-speaking families, and again through the movies, where one of the first Mexican actresses to become a star in Hollywood carried it and worked in two film industries at a time when very few people worked in either.
Meaning
Sorrows
The Spanish dolores is the plural of dolor, pain or grief, and the name comes from a title of the Virgin as the mother of sorrows. It is not a wish for the child; it is a devotion, which is a distinction that does not survive translation into English and matters a great deal in Spanish.
How the name formed
- Dolores
- Deloras
Related forms: Dolores · Addolorata · Dores
Pronouncing Deloras
duh-LOR-us
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Spanish says doh-LOH-res, with the final syllable fully voiced.
Nicknames for Deloras
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 193039 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1175reached in 1931
- Change vs 1964
- −27.3%8 in 1965, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Deloras in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dolores in Spanish — same name
- Addolorata in Italian — related form
- Dores in Portuguese — same name
Delorass among us
people named Deloras are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Deloras sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is a name with real weight behind it rather than a pleasant sound alone.
- The short forms are numerous and sound nothing like the full name.
- It is understood immediately in Spanish-speaking company.
- Dolores is the standard spelling and hers will be written that way by anyone who knows the name.
- The meaning is genuinely sorrowful, and she will be told so at some point.
- The name belongs strongly to one American generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Delorass are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Deloras are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Deloras in 2025?
- Deloras is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Deloras with classmates?
- Deloras will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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