Most Popular Names of the 1980s
The top names across the 1980s (1980–1989), 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 | 14,103 |
| 2 | Linda | 11,702 |
| 3 | Johanna | 11,064 |
| 4 | Kim | 10,171 |
| 5 | Wendy | 7,314 |
| 6 | Esther | 7,149 |
| 7 | Chantal | 7,108 |
| 8 | Laura | 6,586 |
| 9 | Sanne | 6,554 |
| 10 | Daniëlle | 6,410 |
| 11 | Anna | 6,403 |
| 12 | Marieke | 5,933 |
| 13 | Suzanne | 5,833 |
| 14 | Elisabeth | 5,825 |
| 15 | Joyce | 5,642 |
| 16 | Anne | 5,549 |
| 17 | Sandra | 5,274 |
| 18 | Bianca | 4,781 |
| 19 | Patricia | 4,749 |
| 20 | Jessica | 4,549 |
| 21 | Judith | 4,479 |
| 22 | Marloes | 4,475 |
| 23 | Cornelia | 4,467 |
| 24 | Nicole | 4,375 |
| 25 | Marjolein | 4,345 |
| 26 | Maaike | 4,342 |
| 27 | Tamara | 4,214 |
| 28 | Monique | 4,095 |
| 29 | Saskia | 4,078 |
| 30 | Inge | 3,974 |
| 31 | Eva | 3,881 |
| 32 | Ellen | 3,796 |
| 33 | Karin | 3,779 |
| 34 | Nathalie | 3,697 |
| 35 | Yvonne | 3,665 |
| 36 | Ilona | 3,647 |
| 37 | Mariska | 3,619 |
| 38 | Femke | 3,581 |
| 39 | Stephanie | 3,472 |
| 40 | Miranda | 3,431 |
| 41 | Ilse | 3,384 |
| 42 | Samantha | 3,364 |
| 43 | Kelly | 3,303 |
| 44 | Catharina | 3,284 |
| 45 | Denise | 3,280 |
| 46 | Anouk | 3,200 |
| 47 | Simone | 3,179 |
| 48 | Michelle | 3,141 |
| 49 | Sharon | 3,135 |
| 50 | Angela | 3,083 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 16,297 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 13,292 |
| 3 | Dennis | 11,649 |
| 4 | Jan | 11,511 |
| 5 | Mark | 11,451 |
| 6 | Michael | 9,191 |
| 7 | Martijn | 9,004 |
| 8 | Patrick | 8,241 |
| 9 | Sander | 8,106 |
| 10 | Robert | 7,601 |
| 11 | Hendrik | 7,542 |
| 12 | Bart | 7,539 |
| 13 | Peter | 7,502 |
| 14 | Maarten | 7,221 |
| 15 | Stefan | 7,219 |
| 16 | Cornelis | 7,203 |
| 17 | Willem | 7,088 |
| 18 | Thomas | 7,019 |
| 19 | Roy | 6,879 |
| 20 | Kevin | 6,782 |
| 21 | Pieter | 6,764 |
| 22 | Wouter | 6,709 |
| 23 | Tim | 6,671 |
| 24 | Daniël | 6,515 |
| 25 | Niels | 6,469 |
| 26 | Danny | 6,466 |
| 27 | Erik | 6,339 |
| 28 | Richard | 6,233 |
| 29 | Frank | 6,156 |
| 30 | Paul | 5,766 |
| 31 | Jeffrey | 5,557 |
| 32 | Michel | 5,205 |
| 33 | Gerrit | 4,992 |
| 34 | Marcel | 4,863 |
| 35 | Vincent | 4,862 |
| 36 | Robin | 4,849 |
| 37 | Tom | 4,785 |
| 38 | Sebastiaan | 4,754 |
| 39 | Ronald | 4,729 |
| 40 | Remco | 4,520 |
| 41 | Alexander | 4,508 |
| 42 | Rob | 4,403 |
| 43 | Rick | 4,276 |
| 44 | Joost | 4,235 |
| 45 | Marco | 4,178 |
| 46 | Johan | 4,151 |
| 47 | David | 4,129 |
| 48 | Jasper | 4,040 |
| 49 | René | 4,025 |
| 50 | Michiel | 3,998 |