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Its just a very ugly sounding name. Also Dolores Umbridge is such a horrible character and in modern times that would probably be one of the only associations people have with the name and its not a great association. So combine those two things and the name is just not popular anymore.

Dolores was pretty popular in the 1920s and 1930s, so obviously there's a lot of old women with the name and it's stale to the majority of parents.

I don't think it was ever popular here, but a friend of a friend of mine has a little Dolores. Dolly is at #260 here and rising; maybe it'll catch on as a full name for it? The meaning is off-putting and maybe it sounds too Spanish for some people, but I rather like it.

I think it's an older sounding name and it's neither cute nor frilly which are what brings names to popularity now.

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I really like it though. I think it's elegant.

It's heavy and dolorous.

It means pain. Also, Umbridge. It would be too hard to live the Unbridge thing down.

I freaking love Dolores. It's nice and beautiful so say and spell. It's also a sexy name in my opinion, like Olga or Cleopatra

It's a fine name. I wouldn't choose it myself but I would fawn over a new born baby named Delores.

I hear it all the time still, mostly among older people (obv)... but my mum's school still has a few girls named Dolores. I think it's really beautiful. But, uh, I guess it's declined just because it sounds "old" (it's very "of-the-times" I guess), it'll spike again though, for sure. Maybe in ten years.

Because it's ugly, probably. And it doesn't really even have any particularly well-known bearers, despite being relatively popular once. Dolores Claiborne, or Dolores Umbridge.