Top Names of 1964
The most popular names recorded in 1964 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 7,131 |
| 2 | Johanna | 5,626 |
| 3 | Anna | 2,643 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 2,552 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 2,339 |
| 6 | Monique | 2,138 |
| 7 | Wilhelmina | 2,132 |
| 8 | Catharina | 2,098 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,845 |
| 10 | Yvonne | 1,707 |
| 11 | Jacqueline | 1,597 |
| 12 | Ingrid | 1,535 |
| 13 | Jolanda | 1,460 |
| 14 | Adriana | 1,433 |
| 15 | Hendrika | 1,334 |
| 16 | Margaretha | 1,123 |
| 17 | Petra | 1,082 |
| 18 | Anita | 1,062 |
| 19 | Karin | 1,052 |
| 20 | Helena | 978 |
| 21 | Astrid | 937 |
| 22 | Caroline | 882 |
| 23 | Jacoba | 840 |
| 24 | Christina | 787 |
| 25 | Sylvia | 772 |
| 26 | Geertruida | 730 |
| 27 | Monica | 720 |
| 28 | Antonia | 696 |
| 29 | Marianne | 683 |
| 30 | Sandra | 672 |
| 31 | Carolina | 609 |
| 32 | Theodora | 594 |
| 33 | Esther | 590 |
| 34 | Ellen | 584 |
| 35 | Elizabeth | 581 |
| 36 | Saskia | 521 |
| 37 | Aaltje | 497 |
| 38 | Henriëtte | 492 |
| 39 | Linda | 489 |
| 40 | Alida | 458 |
| 41 | Francisca | 458 |
| 42 | Grietje | 451 |
| 43 | Nicole | 410 |
| 44 | Sonja | 409 |
| 45 | Trijntje | 403 |
| 46 | Carla | 397 |
| 47 | Jeannette | 391 |
| 48 | Mirjam | 391 |
| 49 | Alexandra | 389 |
| 50 | Jantje | 385 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 7,772 |
| 2 | Jan | 4,086 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 2,933 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,724 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,506 |
| 6 | Peter | 2,425 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,311 |
| 8 | Ronald | 2,279 |
| 9 | Willem | 2,001 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 1,937 |
| 11 | Wilhelmus | 1,765 |
| 12 | Marcel | 1,682 |
| 13 | Gerrit | 1,667 |
| 14 | Antonius | 1,641 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,625 |
| 16 | Gerardus | 1,610 |
| 17 | Adrianus | 1,563 |
| 18 | René | 1,563 |
| 19 | Jacobus | 1,458 |
| 20 | Hendrikus | 1,369 |
| 21 | Richard | 1,292 |
| 22 | Martinus | 1,251 |
| 23 | Marinus | 1,169 |
| 24 | Johan | 1,138 |
| 25 | Henricus | 1,116 |
| 26 | Paulus | 1,077 |
| 27 | Robertus | 1,053 |
| 28 | Jacob | 1,033 |
| 29 | Erik | 1,006 |
| 30 | Theodorus | 977 |
| 31 | Eric | 952 |
| 32 | Dirk | 923 |
| 33 | Edwin | 825 |
| 34 | Paul | 816 |
| 35 | Albert | 777 |
| 36 | Marcus | 762 |
| 37 | Rudolf | 719 |
| 38 | Martin | 702 |
| 39 | Nicolaas | 696 |
| 40 | Marco | 684 |
| 41 | Leonardus | 671 |
| 42 | Bernardus | 663 |
| 43 | Arie | 648 |
| 44 | Frank | 642 |
| 45 | Hans | 626 |
| 46 | Hubertus | 602 |
| 47 | Jeroen | 598 |
| 48 | André | 565 |
| 49 | Albertus | 561 |
| 50 | Frederik | 546 |