Top Names of 1958
The most popular names recorded in 1958 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 9,169 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,788 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,149 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,121 |
| 5 | Wilhelmina | 2,762 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 2,643 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,279 |
| 8 | Hendrika | 1,788 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,749 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,628 |
| 11 | Yvonne | 1,620 |
| 12 | Margaretha | 1,407 |
| 13 | Ingrid | 1,055 |
| 14 | Helena | 1,041 |
| 15 | Jacoba | 1,015 |
| 16 | Geertruida | 964 |
| 17 | Marianne | 842 |
| 18 | Antonia | 792 |
| 19 | Theodora | 766 |
| 20 | Christina | 698 |
| 21 | Elizabeth | 687 |
| 22 | Bernadette | 612 |
| 23 | Alida | 577 |
| 24 | Aaltje | 574 |
| 25 | Karin | 573 |
| 26 | Sylvia | 560 |
| 27 | Grietje | 543 |
| 28 | Carolina | 528 |
| 29 | Gerarda | 517 |
| 30 | Astrid | 499 |
| 31 | Henriëtte | 498 |
| 32 | Geertje | 497 |
| 33 | Jantje | 488 |
| 34 | Trijntje | 487 |
| 35 | Jolanda | 486 |
| 36 | Josephina | 483 |
| 37 | Francisca | 474 |
| 38 | Monique | 458 |
| 39 | Antje | 444 |
| 40 | Anita | 434 |
| 41 | Marijke | 430 |
| 42 | Henrica | 423 |
| 43 | Monica | 418 |
| 44 | Jacqueline | 414 |
| 45 | Martina | 412 |
| 46 | Willemina | 393 |
| 47 | Carla | 383 |
| 48 | Caroline | 382 |
| 49 | Ellen | 382 |
| 50 | Neeltje | 382 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 9,024 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,557 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,410 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 3,003 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,781 |
| 6 | Willem | 2,384 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 2,191 |
| 8 | Gerardus | 1,999 |
| 9 | Antonius | 1,998 |
| 10 | Peter | 1,963 |
| 11 | Franciscus | 1,940 |
| 12 | Robert | 1,931 |
| 13 | Gerrit | 1,863 |
| 14 | Jacobus | 1,855 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,818 |
| 16 | Adrianus | 1,774 |
| 17 | Hendrikus | 1,706 |
| 18 | Ronald | 1,549 |
| 19 | Theodorus | 1,386 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,298 |
| 21 | Johan | 1,237 |
| 22 | Marinus | 1,225 |
| 23 | Jacob | 1,178 |
| 24 | Martinus | 1,158 |
| 25 | René | 1,109 |
| 26 | Dirk | 1,099 |
| 27 | Paulus | 1,005 |
| 28 | Nicolaas | 893 |
| 29 | Bernardus | 885 |
| 30 | Albert | 816 |
| 31 | Rudolf | 789 |
| 32 | Robertus | 778 |
| 33 | Leonardus | 749 |
| 34 | Arie | 725 |
| 35 | Hubertus | 686 |
| 36 | Paul | 659 |
| 37 | Albertus | 637 |
| 38 | Joseph | 631 |
| 39 | Hans | 626 |
| 40 | Josephus | 564 |
| 41 | Frederik | 552 |
| 42 | Gerard | 544 |
| 43 | Herman | 543 |
| 44 | Klaas | 543 |
| 45 | Hermanus | 538 |
| 46 | Lambertus | 537 |
| 47 | Jozef | 478 |
| 48 | Adriaan | 477 |
| 49 | Christiaan | 475 |
| 50 | Leendert | 475 |