Top Names of 1940

The most popular names recorded in 1940 were Renee for girls and Patrick for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Renee	3
2	Frances	2
3	Inez	2
4	Aimée	1
5	Annet	1
6	Blijke	1
7	Catalina	1
8	Cathérine	1
9	Celestine	1
10	Christiena	1
11	Ciska	1
12	Diane	1
13	Engelien	1
14	Geertrude	1
15	Grace	1
16	Hillegiena	1
17	Huibertine	1
18	Josefien	1
19	Laetitia	1
20	Meiske	1
21	Michaela	1
22	Sabine	1
23	Sita	1
24	Thelma	1

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Patrick	2
2	Wybe	2
3	Elisa	1
4	Ferenc	1
5	Jimmy	1
6	Remy	1
7	Sven	1
8	Xaverius	1