Top Names of 1953
The most popular names recorded in 1953 were Maria for girls and Marcellino for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,521 |
| 2 | Johanna | 7,332 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,477 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,095 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,843 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,841 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,287 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,988 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,803 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,751 |
| 11 | Margaretha | 1,414 |
| 12 | Geertruida | 1,195 |
| 13 | Yvonne | 1,128 |
| 14 | Jacoba | 1,113 |
| 15 | Helena | 1,012 |
| 16 | Theodora | 893 |
| 17 | Marianne | 884 |
| 18 | Antonia | 846 |
| 19 | Christina | 818 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 722 |
| 21 | Alida | 694 |
| 22 | Aaltje | 648 |
| 23 | Jantje | 636 |
| 24 | Grietje | 628 |
| 25 | Gerarda | 554 |
| 26 | Trijntje | 529 |
| 27 | Josephina | 504 |
| 28 | Ingrid | 487 |
| 29 | Antje | 482 |
| 30 | Neeltje | 478 |
| 31 | Geertje | 465 |
| 32 | Janna | 464 |
| 33 | Henrica | 458 |
| 34 | Willemina | 437 |
| 35 | Louise | 434 |
| 36 | Francisca | 427 |
| 37 | Agnes | 406 |
| 38 | Jannetje | 402 |
| 39 | Martina | 401 |
| 40 | Marijke | 395 |
| 41 | Henriëtte | 392 |
| 42 | Pieternella | 375 |
| 43 | Theresia | 374 |
| 44 | Hendrikje | 369 |
| 45 | Hermina | 360 |
| 46 | Gerda | 356 |
| 47 | Gertruda | 349 |
| 48 | Carla | 338 |
| 49 | Carolina | 336 |
| 50 | Berendina | 324 |