Most Popular Names of the 1960s
The top names across the 1960s (1960–1969), 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 | 67,584 |
| 2 | Johanna | 53,267 |
| 3 | Anna | 24,633 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 23,940 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 22,218 |
| 6 | Monique | 20,066 |
| 7 | Catharina | 20,052 |
| 8 | Wilhelmina | 19,794 |
| 9 | Petronella | 16,839 |
| 10 | Yvonne | 16,289 |
| 11 | Ingrid | 14,558 |
| 12 | Adriana | 13,936 |
| 13 | Jacqueline | 13,129 |
| 14 | Hendrika | 13,081 |
| 15 | Jolanda | 12,693 |
| 16 | Margaretha | 10,477 |
| 17 | Karin | 10,320 |
| 18 | Astrid | 9,458 |
| 19 | Petra | 9,073 |
| 20 | Helena | 8,866 |
| 21 | Anita | 8,672 |
| 22 | Jacoba | 8,153 |
| 23 | Sandra | 7,779 |
| 24 | Esther | 7,561 |
| 25 | Sylvia | 7,524 |
| 26 | Christina | 6,636 |
| 27 | Geertruida | 6,534 |
| 28 | Antonia | 6,262 |
| 29 | Marianne | 6,241 |
| 30 | Monica | 6,102 |
| 31 | Caroline | 5,682 |
| 32 | Elizabeth | 5,504 |
| 33 | Theodora | 5,384 |
| 34 | Linda | 5,320 |
| 35 | Ellen | 5,274 |
| 36 | Saskia | 5,138 |
| 37 | Carolina | 5,104 |
| 38 | Henriëtte | 4,751 |
| 39 | Nicole | 4,614 |
| 40 | Patricia | 4,430 |
| 41 | Francisca | 4,427 |
| 42 | Aaltje | 4,414 |
| 43 | Mirjam | 4,414 |
| 44 | Alexandra | 4,379 |
| 45 | Alida | 4,278 |
| 46 | Angelique | 4,237 |
| 47 | Diana | 4,212 |
| 48 | Grietje | 4,126 |
| 49 | Miranda | 4,116 |
| 50 | Jantje | 3,926 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 73,016 |
| 2 | Jan | 38,820 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 27,420 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 25,474 |
| 5 | Petrus | 23,405 |
| 6 | Peter | 21,868 |
| 7 | Robert | 21,253 |
| 8 | Ronald | 20,927 |
| 9 | Willem | 19,585 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 17,744 |
| 11 | Wilhelmus | 16,333 |
| 12 | Pieter | 15,996 |
| 13 | Marcel | 15,985 |
| 14 | Gerrit | 15,693 |
| 15 | Antonius | 15,180 |
| 16 | Gerardus | 15,104 |
| 17 | René | 14,649 |
| 18 | Adrianus | 14,631 |
| 19 | Jacobus | 13,752 |
| 20 | Richard | 12,888 |
| 21 | Hendrikus | 12,855 |
| 22 | Martinus | 11,347 |
| 23 | Marinus | 11,230 |
| 24 | Johan | 11,111 |
| 25 | Henricus | 10,451 |
| 26 | Eric | 9,875 |
| 27 | Jacob | 9,643 |
| 28 | Erik | 9,623 |
| 29 | Robertus | 9,445 |
| 30 | Theodorus | 9,259 |
| 31 | Edwin | 9,074 |
| 32 | Dirk | 8,968 |
| 33 | Paulus | 8,920 |
| 34 | Paul | 8,073 |
| 35 | Albert | 7,826 |
| 36 | Marco | 7,793 |
| 37 | Jeroen | 7,174 |
| 38 | Nicolaas | 6,992 |
| 39 | Marcus | 6,784 |
| 40 | Martin | 6,723 |
| 41 | Frank | 6,641 |
| 42 | Rudolf | 6,633 |
| 43 | Michel | 6,448 |
| 44 | Leonardus | 6,308 |
| 45 | Arie | 6,266 |
| 46 | Bernardus | 6,095 |
| 47 | Michael | 5,838 |
| 48 | Hans | 5,684 |
| 49 | Albertus | 5,541 |
| 50 | Alexander | 5,405 |