Top Names of 1960
The most popular names recorded in 1960 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 8,553 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,365 |
| 3 | Anna | 3,021 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 2,941 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,632 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,593 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,437 |
| 8 | Yvonne | 1,790 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,709 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,598 |
| 11 | Hendrika | 1,592 |
| 12 | Margaretha | 1,336 |
| 13 | Ingrid | 1,125 |
| 14 | Jacoba | 1,029 |
| 15 | Helena | 980 |
| 16 | Karin | 856 |
| 17 | Monique | 833 |
| 18 | Jacqueline | 822 |
| 19 | Geertruida | 819 |
| 20 | Marianne | 808 |
| 21 | Antonia | 750 |
| 22 | Theodora | 716 |
| 23 | Anita | 712 |
| 24 | Jolanda | 711 |
| 25 | Christina | 686 |
| 26 | Astrid | 639 |
| 27 | Sylvia | 629 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 601 |
| 29 | Carolina | 571 |
| 30 | Monica | 563 |
| 31 | Alida | 544 |
| 32 | Aaltje | 513 |
| 33 | Grietje | 493 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 466 |
| 35 | Josephina | 460 |
| 36 | Trijntje | 459 |
| 37 | Geertje | 447 |
| 38 | Jantje | 447 |
| 39 | Ellen | 445 |
| 40 | Francisca | 440 |
| 41 | Caroline | 424 |
| 42 | Gerarda | 424 |
| 43 | Carla | 422 |
| 44 | Henrica | 411 |
| 45 | Marijke | 401 |
| 46 | Irene | 397 |
| 47 | Martina | 378 |
| 48 | Neeltje | 378 |
| 49 | Petra | 377 |
| 50 | Antje | 371 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 8,751 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,396 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,235 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,781 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,667 |
| 6 | Peter | 2,192 |
| 7 | Willem | 2,172 |
| 8 | Ronald | 2,118 |
| 9 | Wilhelmus | 2,032 |
| 10 | Gerardus | 1,929 |
| 11 | Franciscus | 1,892 |
| 12 | Antonius | 1,877 |
| 13 | Robert | 1,872 |
| 14 | Gerrit | 1,763 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,738 |
| 16 | Jacobus | 1,690 |
| 17 | Adrianus | 1,652 |
| 18 | Hendrikus | 1,479 |
| 19 | René | 1,271 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,248 |
| 21 | Theodorus | 1,239 |
| 22 | Johan | 1,214 |
| 23 | Martinus | 1,175 |
| 24 | Marinus | 1,163 |
| 25 | Jacob | 1,090 |
| 26 | Dirk | 1,076 |
| 27 | Paulus | 1,025 |
| 28 | Nicolaas | 889 |
| 29 | Albert | 879 |
| 30 | Rudolf | 857 |
| 31 | Robertus | 812 |
| 32 | Bernardus | 807 |
| 33 | Arie | 782 |
| 34 | Paul | 741 |
| 35 | Leonardus | 740 |
| 36 | Eric | 697 |
| 37 | Hans | 658 |
| 38 | Hubertus | 648 |
| 39 | Albertus | 630 |
| 40 | Erik | 627 |
| 41 | Marcel | 609 |
| 42 | Frederik | 586 |
| 43 | Josephus | 557 |
| 44 | Martin | 533 |
| 45 | Hermanus | 527 |
| 46 | Lambertus | 521 |
| 47 | Richard | 521 |
| 48 | Joseph | 519 |
| 49 | Andreas | 516 |
| 50 | Gerard | 504 |