Top Names of 1963
The most popular names recorded in 1963 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 7,647 |
| 2 | Johanna | 5,907 |
| 3 | Anna | 2,735 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 2,583 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,450 |
| 6 | Wilhelmina | 2,330 |
| 7 | Catharina | 2,232 |
| 8 | Yvonne | 1,835 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,776 |
| 10 | Monique | 1,739 |
| 11 | Ingrid | 1,573 |
| 12 | Adriana | 1,486 |
| 13 | Hendrika | 1,416 |
| 14 | Jacqueline | 1,379 |
| 15 | Jolanda | 1,361 |
| 16 | Margaretha | 1,193 |
| 17 | Helena | 1,055 |
| 18 | Karin | 1,030 |
| 19 | Anita | 1,006 |
| 20 | Astrid | 949 |
| 21 | Jacoba | 892 |
| 22 | Sylvia | 837 |
| 23 | Petra | 786 |
| 24 | Christina | 758 |
| 25 | Marianne | 731 |
| 26 | Antonia | 727 |
| 27 | Geertruida | 727 |
| 28 | Monica | 706 |
| 29 | Sandra | 640 |
| 30 | Carolina | 631 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 601 |
| 32 | Theodora | 599 |
| 33 | Caroline | 579 |
| 34 | Henriëtte | 541 |
| 35 | Ellen | 530 |
| 36 | Saskia | 513 |
| 37 | Francisca | 502 |
| 38 | Aaltje | 482 |
| 39 | Linda | 478 |
| 40 | Alida | 460 |
| 41 | Irene | 449 |
| 42 | Alexandra | 427 |
| 43 | Grietje | 422 |
| 44 | Jantje | 412 |
| 45 | Wilma | 411 |
| 46 | Trijntje | 402 |
| 47 | Sonja | 400 |
| 48 | Jeannette | 397 |
| 49 | Martina | 385 |
| 50 | Josephina | 381 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 8,026 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,221 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 3,010 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,828 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,662 |
| 6 | Peter | 2,290 |
| 7 | Ronald | 2,218 |
| 8 | Willem | 2,145 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,096 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 1,940 |
| 11 | Wilhelmus | 1,875 |
| 12 | Antonius | 1,739 |
| 13 | Gerardus | 1,711 |
| 14 | Gerrit | 1,694 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,671 |
| 16 | Adrianus | 1,577 |
| 17 | Jacobus | 1,538 |
| 18 | René | 1,520 |
| 19 | Hendrikus | 1,476 |
| 20 | Marcel | 1,445 |
| 21 | Martinus | 1,311 |
| 22 | Johan | 1,176 |
| 23 | Henricus | 1,173 |
| 24 | Marinus | 1,162 |
| 25 | Theodorus | 1,106 |
| 26 | Paulus | 1,068 |
| 27 | Jacob | 1,050 |
| 28 | Eric | 1,043 |
| 29 | Robertus | 1,040 |
| 30 | Richard | 1,004 |
| 31 | Erik | 921 |
| 32 | Dirk | 902 |
| 33 | Albert | 859 |
| 34 | Nicolaas | 767 |
| 35 | Paul | 764 |
| 36 | Rudolf | 727 |
| 37 | Leonardus | 701 |
| 38 | Arie | 669 |
| 39 | Edwin | 662 |
| 40 | Bernardus | 660 |
| 41 | Frank | 642 |
| 42 | Albertus | 629 |
| 43 | Marcus | 625 |
| 44 | Martin | 625 |
| 45 | Jeroen | 608 |
| 46 | Hans | 604 |
| 47 | Frederik | 599 |
| 48 | Hubertus | 583 |
| 49 | Klaas | 532 |
| 50 | Eduard | 529 |