Top Names of 1955
The most popular names recorded in 1955 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,451 |
| 2 | Johanna | 7,095 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,370 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,146 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,918 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,891 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,336 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,881 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,782 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,764 |
| 11 | Margaretha | 1,382 |
| 12 | Yvonne | 1,327 |
| 13 | Jacoba | 1,064 |
| 14 | Geertruida | 1,055 |
| 15 | Helena | 994 |
| 16 | Marianne | 923 |
| 17 | Theodora | 847 |
| 18 | Antonia | 846 |
| 19 | Christina | 792 |
| 20 | Ingrid | 723 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 696 |
| 22 | Aaltje | 641 |
| 23 | Alida | 639 |
| 24 | Grietje | 601 |
| 25 | Jantje | 568 |
| 26 | Josephina | 551 |
| 27 | Trijntje | 526 |
| 28 | Gerarda | 502 |
| 29 | Geertje | 482 |
| 30 | Henrica | 482 |
| 31 | Francisca | 469 |
| 32 | Marijke | 467 |
| 33 | Henriëtte | 461 |
| 34 | Neeltje | 459 |
| 35 | Louise | 440 |
| 36 | Janna | 430 |
| 37 | Antje | 416 |
| 38 | Gertruda | 412 |
| 39 | Martina | 399 |
| 40 | Willemina | 394 |
| 41 | Agnes | 389 |
| 42 | Gerda | 381 |
| 43 | Pieternella | 373 |
| 44 | Hendrikje | 367 |
| 45 | Jannetje | 365 |
| 46 | Astrid | 360 |
| 47 | Carla | 351 |
| 48 | Carolina | 332 |
| 49 | Sylvia | 332 |
| 50 | Berendina | 329 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 9,212 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,921 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,755 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 3,064 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,634 |
| 6 | Willem | 2,540 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 2,265 |
| 8 | Gerardus | 2,123 |
| 9 | Gerrit | 2,058 |
| 10 | Antonius | 2,015 |
| 11 | Franciscus | 1,977 |
| 12 | Pieter | 1,929 |
| 13 | Jacobus | 1,923 |
| 14 | Adrianus | 1,907 |
| 15 | Hendrikus | 1,658 |
| 16 | Peter | 1,594 |
| 17 | Robert | 1,512 |
| 18 | Theodorus | 1,484 |
| 19 | Henricus | 1,359 |
| 20 | Jacob | 1,269 |
| 21 | Johan | 1,268 |
| 22 | Marinus | 1,243 |
| 23 | Martinus | 1,193 |
| 24 | Dirk | 1,124 |
| 25 | Nicolaas | 979 |
| 26 | Ronald | 940 |
| 27 | Bernardus | 864 |
| 28 | Paulus | 850 |
| 29 | Albert | 829 |
| 30 | Leonardus | 811 |
| 31 | Arie | 799 |
| 32 | Hubertus | 721 |
| 33 | Rudolf | 718 |
| 34 | Albertus | 698 |
| 35 | Josephus | 657 |
| 36 | Joseph | 648 |
| 37 | Hermanus | 597 |
| 38 | René | 595 |
| 39 | Hans | 578 |
| 40 | Klaas | 561 |
| 41 | Frederik | 560 |
| 42 | Paul | 560 |
| 43 | Herman | 551 |
| 44 | Leendert | 533 |
| 45 | Adriaan | 529 |
| 46 | Lambertus | 527 |
| 47 | Gerard | 507 |
| 48 | Robertus | 505 |
| 49 | Jozef | 484 |
| 50 | Roelof | 465 |