Top Names of 1957
The most popular names recorded in 1957 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,259 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,949 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,218 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,076 |
| 5 | Wilhelmina | 2,781 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 2,717 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,295 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,744 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,740 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,726 |
| 11 | Yvonne | 1,542 |
| 12 | Margaretha | 1,468 |
| 13 | Geertruida | 1,035 |
| 14 | Jacoba | 1,003 |
| 15 | Helena | 978 |
| 16 | Ingrid | 923 |
| 17 | Marianne | 905 |
| 18 | Theodora | 829 |
| 19 | Antonia | 793 |
| 20 | Christina | 749 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 669 |
| 22 | Alida | 636 |
| 23 | Aaltje | 624 |
| 24 | Grietje | 582 |
| 25 | Sylvia | 543 |
| 26 | Jantje | 537 |
| 27 | Josephina | 500 |
| 28 | Henriëtte | 495 |
| 29 | Carolina | 493 |
| 30 | Gerarda | 493 |
| 31 | Geertje | 474 |
| 32 | Trijntje | 461 |
| 33 | Henrica | 429 |
| 34 | Astrid | 424 |
| 35 | Karin | 419 |
| 36 | Francisca | 417 |
| 37 | Jacqueline | 414 |
| 38 | Marijke | 412 |
| 39 | Agnes | 409 |
| 40 | Martina | 407 |
| 41 | Monique | 406 |
| 42 | Antje | 402 |
| 43 | Neeltje | 398 |
| 44 | Janna | 390 |
| 45 | Willemina | 386 |
| 46 | Gerda | 384 |
| 47 | Carla | 380 |
| 48 | Jolanda | 377 |
| 49 | Anita | 372 |
| 50 | Monica | 372 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 9,058 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,563 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,506 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,974 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,780 |
| 6 | Willem | 2,514 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 2,189 |
| 8 | Gerardus | 2,042 |
| 9 | Antonius | 2,025 |
| 10 | Peter | 1,949 |
| 11 | Franciscus | 1,925 |
| 12 | Pieter | 1,910 |
| 13 | Robert | 1,861 |
| 14 | Gerrit | 1,859 |
| 15 | Jacobus | 1,850 |
| 16 | Adrianus | 1,829 |
| 17 | Hendrikus | 1,630 |
| 18 | Theodorus | 1,411 |
| 19 | Ronald | 1,310 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,284 |
| 21 | Johan | 1,251 |
| 22 | Marinus | 1,244 |
| 23 | Jacob | 1,227 |
| 24 | Martinus | 1,206 |
| 25 | Dirk | 1,144 |
| 26 | Paulus | 982 |
| 27 | Nicolaas | 952 |
| 28 | René | 868 |
| 29 | Bernardus | 859 |
| 30 | Albert | 854 |
| 31 | Rudolf | 788 |
| 32 | Hubertus | 748 |
| 33 | Leonardus | 746 |
| 34 | Arie | 742 |
| 35 | Robertus | 710 |
| 36 | Albertus | 703 |
| 37 | Hans | 661 |
| 38 | Paul | 644 |
| 39 | Josephus | 628 |
| 40 | Frederik | 604 |
| 41 | Joseph | 592 |
| 42 | Hermanus | 591 |
| 43 | Herman | 562 |
| 44 | Lambertus | 558 |
| 45 | Leendert | 554 |
| 46 | Gerard | 539 |
| 47 | Klaas | 538 |
| 48 | Jozef | 501 |
| 49 | Adriaan | 487 |
| 50 | Andreas | 485 |