Top Names of 1959
The most popular names recorded in 1959 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 8,820 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,662 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,201 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 3,126 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,657 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,610 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,404 |
| 8 | Yvonne | 1,841 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,786 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,709 |
| 11 | Hendrika | 1,702 |
| 12 | Margaretha | 1,414 |
| 13 | Ingrid | 1,075 |
| 14 | Helena | 1,069 |
| 15 | Jacoba | 1,035 |
| 16 | Geertruida | 947 |
| 17 | Marianne | 818 |
| 18 | Karin | 813 |
| 19 | Antonia | 809 |
| 20 | Theodora | 781 |
| 21 | Christina | 719 |
| 22 | Monique | 705 |
| 23 | Elizabeth | 655 |
| 24 | Sylvia | 621 |
| 25 | Carolina | 611 |
| 26 | Aaltje | 609 |
| 27 | Astrid | 606 |
| 28 | Alida | 579 |
| 29 | Anita | 578 |
| 30 | Jolanda | 571 |
| 31 | Jacqueline | 549 |
| 32 | Grietje | 535 |
| 33 | Francisca | 520 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 509 |
| 35 | Trijntje | 500 |
| 36 | Monica | 497 |
| 37 | Gerarda | 486 |
| 38 | Jantje | 464 |
| 39 | Josephina | 457 |
| 40 | Geertje | 420 |
| 41 | Marijke | 418 |
| 42 | Ellen | 413 |
| 43 | Martina | 410 |
| 44 | Willemina | 408 |
| 45 | Irene | 407 |
| 46 | Neeltje | 407 |
| 47 | Antje | 401 |
| 48 | Henrica | 393 |
| 49 | Janna | 390 |
| 50 | Carla | 379 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 8,999 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,572 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,458 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,917 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,833 |
| 6 | Willem | 2,290 |
| 7 | Wilhelmus | 2,188 |
| 8 | Franciscus | 2,021 |
| 9 | Peter | 2,011 |
| 10 | Gerardus | 1,974 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,939 |
| 12 | Antonius | 1,919 |
| 13 | Pieter | 1,881 |
| 14 | Ronald | 1,844 |
| 15 | Gerrit | 1,805 |
| 16 | Jacobus | 1,804 |
| 17 | Adrianus | 1,755 |
| 18 | Hendrikus | 1,598 |
| 19 | Theodorus | 1,347 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,293 |
| 21 | Marinus | 1,230 |
| 22 | Martinus | 1,210 |
| 23 | René | 1,205 |
| 24 | Johan | 1,184 |
| 25 | Jacob | 1,157 |
| 26 | Dirk | 1,085 |
| 27 | Paulus | 1,027 |
| 28 | Nicolaas | 921 |
| 29 | Bernardus | 881 |
| 30 | Albert | 854 |
| 31 | Robertus | 817 |
| 32 | Rudolf | 811 |
| 33 | Leonardus | 770 |
| 34 | Arie | 732 |
| 35 | Paul | 717 |
| 36 | Albertus | 708 |
| 37 | Hubertus | 708 |
| 38 | Hans | 675 |
| 39 | Lambertus | 595 |
| 40 | Joseph | 583 |
| 41 | Erik | 572 |
| 42 | Hermanus | 553 |
| 43 | Josephus | 549 |
| 44 | Klaas | 542 |
| 45 | Frederik | 539 |
| 46 | Marcel | 525 |
| 47 | Eric | 515 |
| 48 | Andreas | 509 |
| 49 | Herman | 508 |
| 50 | Jozef | 508 |