Top Names of 1952
The most popular names recorded in 1952 were Maria for girls and Anselmus for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,850 |
| 2 | Johanna | 7,491 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,499 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,058 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,949 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,872 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,333 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,956 |
| 9 | Adriana | 1,858 |
| 10 | Petronella | 1,826 |
| 11 | Margaretha | 1,434 |
| 12 | Jacoba | 1,196 |
| 13 | Geertruida | 1,158 |
| 14 | Helena | 1,111 |
| 15 | Yvonne | 1,072 |
| 16 | Theodora | 939 |
| 17 | Antonia | 929 |
| 18 | Marianne | 836 |
| 19 | Christina | 812 |
| 20 | Alida | 727 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 718 |
| 22 | Aaltje | 705 |
| 23 | Grietje | 641 |
| 24 | Jantje | 596 |
| 25 | Trijntje | 580 |
| 26 | Gerarda | 542 |
| 27 | Geertje | 534 |
| 28 | Neeltje | 522 |
| 29 | Antje | 506 |
| 30 | Josephina | 497 |
| 31 | Louise | 480 |
| 32 | Henriëtte | 469 |
| 33 | Ingrid | 458 |
| 34 | Henrica | 456 |
| 35 | Willemina | 443 |
| 36 | Janna | 442 |
| 37 | Francisca | 428 |
| 38 | Agnes | 422 |
| 39 | Jannetje | 420 |
| 40 | Martina | 413 |
| 41 | Marijke | 404 |
| 42 | Pieternella | 392 |
| 43 | Gertruda | 375 |
| 44 | Gerda | 362 |
| 45 | Hermina | 362 |
| 46 | Theresia | 361 |
| 47 | Martha | 354 |
| 48 | Hendrikje | 350 |
| 49 | Berendina | 347 |
| 50 | Carla | 344 |