Most Popular Names of the 1970s
The top names across the 1970s (1970–1979), 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 | 23,243 |
| 2 | Johanna | 19,343 |
| 3 | Monique | 14,000 |
| 4 | Sandra | 13,844 |
| 5 | Esther | 13,696 |
| 6 | Bianca | 11,085 |
| 7 | Daniëlle | 8,923 |
| 8 | Wendy | 8,884 |
| 9 | Cornelia | 8,621 |
| 10 | Anna | 8,616 |
| 11 | Elisabeth | 8,523 |
| 12 | Miranda | 8,514 |
| 13 | Saskia | 8,313 |
| 14 | Linda | 8,298 |
| 15 | Patricia | 8,088 |
| 16 | Ingrid | 7,574 |
| 17 | Chantal | 7,174 |
| 18 | Jolanda | 6,897 |
| 19 | Catharina | 6,582 |
| 20 | Petra | 6,553 |
| 21 | Karin | 6,542 |
| 22 | Yvonne | 6,440 |
| 23 | Judith | 6,404 |
| 24 | Claudia | 6,285 |
| 25 | Wilhelmina | 6,273 |
| 26 | Nicole | 6,270 |
| 27 | Petronella | 5,911 |
| 28 | Adriana | 5,740 |
| 29 | Angelique | 5,577 |
| 30 | Mirjam | 5,534 |
| 31 | Natasja | 5,385 |
| 32 | Cindy | 5,262 |
| 33 | Hendrika | 5,194 |
| 34 | Marieke | 5,092 |
| 35 | Astrid | 5,027 |
| 36 | Simone | 4,789 |
| 37 | Diana | 4,776 |
| 38 | Mariska | 4,541 |
| 39 | Nathalie | 4,412 |
| 40 | Suzanne | 4,340 |
| 41 | Barbara | 4,261 |
| 42 | Jacqueline | 4,002 |
| 43 | Kim | 3,989 |
| 44 | Tamara | 3,985 |
| 45 | Sylvia | 3,918 |
| 46 | Ellen | 3,755 |
| 47 | Jessica | 3,696 |
| 48 | Maaike | 3,689 |
| 49 | Martine | 3,590 |
| 50 | Margaretha | 3,472 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 27,435 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 18,729 |
| 3 | Jan | 18,471 |
| 4 | Patrick | 13,948 |
| 5 | Marcel | 13,552 |
| 6 | Dennis | 13,484 |
| 7 | Marco | 12,825 |
| 8 | Richard | 12,470 |
| 9 | Hendrik | 12,240 |
| 10 | Cornelis | 11,766 |
| 11 | Robert | 11,576 |
| 12 | Martijn | 11,098 |
| 13 | Peter | 11,013 |
| 14 | Willem | 9,974 |
| 15 | Ronald | 9,867 |
| 16 | Mark | 9,692 |
| 17 | Michel | 9,514 |
| 18 | Edwin | 9,155 |
| 19 | Pieter | 9,040 |
| 20 | Erik | 8,040 |
| 21 | Petrus | 8,031 |
| 22 | Alexander | 7,978 |
| 23 | Gerrit | 7,704 |
| 24 | René | 7,366 |
| 25 | Michael | 7,241 |
| 26 | Sander | 7,220 |
| 27 | Johan | 6,360 |
| 28 | Paul | 6,204 |
| 29 | Remco | 5,989 |
| 30 | Adrianus | 5,975 |
| 31 | Erwin | 5,874 |
| 32 | Daniël | 5,857 |
| 33 | Martinus | 5,638 |
| 34 | Maarten | 5,612 |
| 35 | Raymond | 5,535 |
| 36 | Marinus | 5,534 |
| 37 | Frank | 5,533 |
| 38 | Martin | 5,445 |
| 39 | Marc | 5,411 |
| 40 | Franciscus | 5,288 |
| 41 | Maurice | 5,196 |
| 42 | Wilhelmus | 5,194 |
| 43 | Michiel | 5,163 |
| 44 | Jacobus | 5,087 |
| 45 | Antonius | 5,018 |
| 46 | Jacob | 4,983 |
| 47 | Vincent | 4,952 |
| 48 | Dirk | 4,918 |
| 49 | Gerardus | 4,678 |
| 50 | Bart | 4,638 |