Top Names of 1962
The most popular names recorded in 1962 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 7,913 |
| 2 | Johanna | 6,068 |
| 3 | Anna | 2,892 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 2,778 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,500 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,477 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,295 |
| 8 | Yvonne | 1,842 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,786 |
| 10 | Adriana | 1,585 |
| 11 | Hendrika | 1,522 |
| 12 | Monique | 1,415 |
| 13 | Ingrid | 1,366 |
| 14 | Jacqueline | 1,351 |
| 15 | Margaretha | 1,244 |
| 16 | Jolanda | 1,056 |
| 17 | Karin | 1,034 |
| 18 | Helena | 959 |
| 19 | Jacoba | 922 |
| 20 | Anita | 878 |
| 21 | Astrid | 824 |
| 22 | Geertruida | 751 |
| 23 | Sylvia | 733 |
| 24 | Antonia | 731 |
| 25 | Marianne | 697 |
| 26 | Monica | 690 |
| 27 | Carolina | 668 |
| 28 | Theodora | 639 |
| 29 | Christina | 633 |
| 30 | Petra | 621 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 608 |
| 32 | Caroline | 565 |
| 33 | Alida | 508 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 499 |
| 35 | Aaltje | 495 |
| 36 | Grietje | 488 |
| 37 | Francisca | 484 |
| 38 | Ellen | 478 |
| 39 | Irene | 464 |
| 40 | Saskia | 442 |
| 41 | Gerarda | 440 |
| 42 | Jantje | 440 |
| 43 | Trijntje | 427 |
| 44 | Carla | 424 |
| 45 | Linda | 414 |
| 46 | Josephina | 403 |
| 47 | Wilma | 394 |
| 48 | Jeannette | 390 |
| 49 | Henrica | 386 |
| 50 | Geertje | 384 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 8,223 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,197 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,103 |
| 4 | Petrus | 2,793 |
| 5 | Hendrik | 2,782 |
| 6 | Peter | 2,337 |
| 7 | Ronald | 2,205 |
| 8 | Willem | 2,169 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,110 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 2,026 |
| 11 | Wilhelmus | 1,884 |
| 12 | Gerardus | 1,791 |
| 13 | Antonius | 1,723 |
| 14 | Adrianus | 1,704 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,677 |
| 16 | Gerrit | 1,646 |
| 17 | Jacobus | 1,584 |
| 18 | Hendrikus | 1,494 |
| 19 | René | 1,479 |
| 20 | Henricus | 1,246 |
| 21 | Marinus | 1,231 |
| 22 | Martinus | 1,207 |
| 23 | Johan | 1,103 |
| 24 | Marcel | 1,093 |
| 25 | Theodorus | 1,088 |
| 26 | Dirk | 1,019 |
| 27 | Jacob | 1,006 |
| 28 | Paulus | 1,004 |
| 29 | Robertus | 974 |
| 30 | Eric | 870 |
| 31 | Erik | 826 |
| 32 | Albert | 823 |
| 33 | Nicolaas | 815 |
| 34 | Rudolf | 813 |
| 35 | Paul | 784 |
| 36 | Richard | 769 |
| 37 | Bernardus | 713 |
| 38 | Leonardus | 709 |
| 39 | Arie | 672 |
| 40 | Albertus | 669 |
| 41 | Hubertus | 646 |
| 42 | Martin | 611 |
| 43 | Hans | 603 |
| 44 | Frank | 583 |
| 45 | Frederik | 561 |
| 46 | Klaas | 548 |
| 47 | Gerard | 528 |
| 48 | Hermanus | 522 |
| 49 | Andreas | 513 |
| 50 | Marcus | 490 |