Most Popular Names of the 1950s
The top names across the 1950s (1950–1959), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys.
Girls — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 75,301 |
| 2 | Johanna | 56,378 |
| 3 | Anna | 26,794 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 24,709 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 22,470 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 22,409 |
| 7 | Catharina | 18,433 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 14,812 |
| 9 | Petronella | 14,145 |
| 10 | Adriana | 13,896 |
| 11 | Margaretha | 11,326 |
| 12 | Yvonne | 11,220 |
| 13 | Geertruida | 8,560 |
| 14 | Jacoba | 8,544 |
| 15 | Helena | 8,257 |
| 16 | Marianne | 7,018 |
| 17 | Theodora | 6,733 |
| 18 | Antonia | 6,703 |
| 19 | Christina | 6,181 |
| 20 | Ingrid | 6,103 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 5,494 |
| 22 | Alida | 5,133 |
| 23 | Aaltje | 5,032 |
| 24 | Grietje | 4,751 |
| 25 | Jantje | 4,412 |
| 26 | Trijntje | 4,222 |
| 27 | Gerarda | 4,173 |
| 28 | Josephina | 4,062 |
| 29 | Geertje | 3,859 |
| 30 | Henriëtte | 3,617 |
| 31 | Francisca | 3,588 |
| 32 | Henrica | 3,566 |
| 33 | Antje | 3,546 |
| 34 | Neeltje | 3,525 |
| 35 | Marijke | 3,370 |
| 36 | Janna | 3,311 |
| 37 | Carolina | 3,297 |
| 38 | Louise | 3,293 |
| 39 | Willemina | 3,262 |
| 40 | Martina | 3,211 |
| 41 | Sylvia | 3,146 |
| 42 | Agnes | 3,122 |
| 43 | Astrid | 2,953 |
| 44 | Carla | 2,952 |
| 45 | Gertruda | 2,920 |
| 46 | Jannetje | 2,881 |
| 47 | Pieternella | 2,867 |
| 48 | Gerda | 2,822 |
| 49 | Hendrikje | 2,700 |
| 50 | Theresia | 2,637 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 45,442 |
| 2 | Jan | 23,438 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 17,891 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 15,087 |
| 5 | Petrus | 13,833 |
| 6 | Willem | 12,267 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 11,085 |
| 8 | Gerardus | 10,208 |
| 9 | Antonius | 9,941 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 9,721 |
| 11 | Gerrit | 9,541 |
| 12 | Pieter | 9,539 |
| 13 | Peter | 9,378 |
| 14 | Jacobus | 9,352 |
| 15 | Adrianus | 9,120 |
| 16 | Robert | 8,942 |
| 17 | Hendrikus | 8,290 |
| 18 | Theodorus | 7,103 |
| 19 | Ronald | 6,796 |
| 20 | Henricus | 6,488 |
| 21 | Johan | 6,223 |
| 22 | Marinus | 6,170 |
| 23 | Jacob | 6,105 |
| 24 | Martinus | 5,936 |
| 25 | Dirk | 5,604 |
| 26 | Paulus | 4,764 |
| 27 | Nicolaas | 4,649 |
| 28 | René | 4,463 |
| 29 | Bernardus | 4,371 |
| 30 | Albert | 4,198 |
| 31 | Leonardus | 3,875 |
| 32 | Rudolf | 3,869 |
| 33 | Arie | 3,797 |
| 34 | Hubertus | 3,540 |
| 35 | Albertus | 3,426 |
| 36 | Robertus | 3,412 |
| 37 | Paul | 3,159 |
| 38 | Hans | 3,148 |
| 39 | Joseph | 3,073 |
| 40 | Josephus | 3,027 |
| 41 | Hermanus | 2,851 |
| 42 | Frederik | 2,831 |
| 43 | Klaas | 2,754 |
| 44 | Herman | 2,742 |
| 45 | Lambertus | 2,738 |
| 46 | Gerard | 2,581 |
| 47 | Leendert | 2,532 |
| 48 | Jozef | 2,524 |
| 49 | Adriaan | 2,492 |
| 50 | Roelof | 2,401 |