Top Names of 1961
The most popular names recorded in 1961 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 8,307 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,350 |
| 3 | Anna | 2,942 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 2,929 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,632 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,573 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,425 |
| 8 | Yvonne | 1,956 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,937 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,601 |
| 11 | Hendrika | 1,563 |
| 12 | Jacqueline | 1,369 |
| 13 | Margaretha | 1,290 |
| 14 | Ingrid | 1,229 |
| 15 | Monique | 1,149 |
| 16 | Helena | 1,020 |
| 17 | Jacoba | 957 |
| 18 | Karin | 944 |
| 19 | Jolanda | 852 |
| 20 | Geertruida | 823 |
| 21 | Anita | 768 |
| 22 | Antonia | 733 |
| 23 | Christina | 732 |
| 24 | Marianne | 716 |
| 25 | Astrid | 705 |
| 26 | Sylvia | 703 |
| 27 | Theodora | 692 |
| 28 | Monica | 667 |
| 29 | Carolina | 622 |
| 30 | Petra | 597 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 576 |
| 32 | Caroline | 534 |
| 33 | Alida | 532 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 530 |
| 35 | Aaltje | 506 |
| 36 | Grietje | 501 |
| 37 | Francisca | 468 |
| 38 | Trijntje | 468 |
| 39 | Jantje | 461 |
| 40 | Marijke | 451 |
| 41 | Wilma | 431 |
| 42 | Irene | 429 |
| 43 | Josephina | 425 |
| 44 | Ellen | 419 |
| 45 | Carla | 416 |
| 46 | Henrica | 416 |
| 47 | Gerarda | 399 |
| 48 | Geertje | 395 |
| 49 | Jeannette | 389 |
| 50 | Antje | 383 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 8,541 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,349 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,176 |
| 4 | Petrus | 2,755 |
| 5 | Hendrik | 2,753 |
| 6 | Peter | 2,411 |
| 7 | Willem | 2,176 |
| 8 | Wilhelmus | 2,082 |
| 9 | Ronald | 2,078 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 1,955 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,902 |
| 12 | Gerardus | 1,890 |
| 13 | Antonius | 1,887 |
| 14 | Pieter | 1,757 |
| 15 | Gerrit | 1,727 |
| 16 | Adrianus | 1,708 |
| 17 | Jacobus | 1,670 |
| 18 | Hendrikus | 1,505 |
| 19 | René | 1,346 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,305 |
| 21 | Johan | 1,241 |
| 22 | Martinus | 1,217 |
| 23 | Theodorus | 1,216 |
| 24 | Marinus | 1,185 |
| 25 | Paulus | 1,091 |
| 26 | Jacob | 1,068 |
| 27 | Dirk | 1,021 |
| 28 | Robertus | 946 |
| 29 | Rudolf | 934 |
| 30 | Eric | 906 |
| 31 | Marcel | 902 |
| 32 | Nicolaas | 870 |
| 33 | Albert | 864 |
| 34 | Leonardus | 777 |
| 35 | Bernardus | 774 |
| 36 | Erik | 757 |
| 37 | Paul | 732 |
| 38 | Arie | 707 |
| 39 | Hans | 697 |
| 40 | Hubertus | 669 |
| 41 | Albertus | 654 |
| 42 | Frederik | 602 |
| 43 | Richard | 597 |
| 44 | Martin | 582 |
| 45 | Andreas | 576 |
| 46 | Herman | 538 |
| 47 | Gerard | 521 |
| 48 | Lambertus | 519 |
| 49 | Joseph | 502 |
| 50 | Eduard | 499 |