Top Names of 1956
The most popular names recorded in 1956 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,390 |
| 2 | Johanna | 7,034 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,362 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,028 |
| 5 | Wilhelmina | 2,845 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 2,800 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,271 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,810 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,743 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,713 |
| 11 | Yvonne | 1,466 |
| 12 | Margaretha | 1,434 |
| 13 | Geertruida | 1,092 |
| 14 | Jacoba | 1,028 |
| 15 | Helena | 1,007 |
| 16 | Marianne | 889 |
| 17 | Antonia | 839 |
| 18 | Theodora | 831 |
| 19 | Christina | 791 |
| 20 | Ingrid | 738 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 663 |
| 22 | Alida | 643 |
| 23 | Grietje | 582 |
| 24 | Aaltje | 576 |
| 25 | Trijntje | 567 |
| 26 | Josephina | 559 |
| 27 | Jantje | 552 |
| 28 | Gerarda | 516 |
| 29 | Geertje | 508 |
| 30 | Antje | 444 |
| 31 | Henrica | 444 |
| 32 | Louise | 441 |
| 33 | Francisca | 431 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 425 |
| 35 | Carla | 420 |
| 36 | Neeltje | 419 |
| 37 | Marijke | 418 |
| 38 | Janna | 415 |
| 39 | Astrid | 408 |
| 40 | Gertruda | 386 |
| 41 | Pieternella | 380 |
| 42 | Theresia | 378 |
| 43 | Sylvia | 374 |
| 44 | Willemina | 370 |
| 45 | Agnes | 368 |
| 46 | Martina | 368 |
| 47 | Hendrikje | 336 |
| 48 | Gerda | 331 |
| 49 | Jacqueline | 324 |
| 50 | Jannetje | 324 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 9,149 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,825 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,762 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 3,129 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,805 |
| 6 | Willem | 2,539 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 2,252 |
| 8 | Gerardus | 2,070 |
| 9 | Pieter | 2,001 |
| 10 | Antonius | 1,984 |
| 11 | Gerrit | 1,956 |
| 12 | Jacobus | 1,920 |
| 13 | Peter | 1,861 |
| 14 | Franciscus | 1,858 |
| 15 | Adrianus | 1,855 |
| 16 | Robert | 1,699 |
| 17 | Hendrikus | 1,698 |
| 18 | Theodorus | 1,475 |
| 19 | Johan | 1,283 |
| 20 | Jacob | 1,274 |
| 21 | Henricus | 1,254 |
| 22 | Marinus | 1,228 |
| 23 | Martinus | 1,169 |
| 24 | Ronald | 1,153 |
| 25 | Dirk | 1,152 |
| 26 | Nicolaas | 904 |
| 27 | Paulus | 900 |
| 28 | Bernardus | 882 |
| 29 | Albert | 845 |
| 30 | Arie | 799 |
| 31 | Leonardus | 799 |
| 32 | Rudolf | 763 |
| 33 | René | 686 |
| 34 | Albertus | 680 |
| 35 | Hubertus | 677 |
| 36 | Josephus | 629 |
| 37 | Joseph | 619 |
| 38 | Hans | 608 |
| 39 | Robertus | 602 |
| 40 | Paul | 579 |
| 41 | Herman | 578 |
| 42 | Frederik | 576 |
| 43 | Hermanus | 572 |
| 44 | Klaas | 570 |
| 45 | Jozef | 553 |
| 46 | Roelof | 533 |
| 47 | Lambertus | 521 |
| 48 | Leendert | 503 |
| 49 | Adriaan | 502 |
| 50 | Gerard | 488 |