Top Names of 1965
The most popular names recorded in 1965 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 6,610 |
| 2 | Johanna | 5,394 |
| 3 | Anna | 2,444 |
| 4 | Monique | 2,350 |
| 5 | Elisabeth | 2,323 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 2,232 |
| 7 | Catharina | 1,969 |
| 8 | Wilhelmina | 1,851 |
| 9 | Petronella | 1,791 |
| 10 | Ingrid | 1,643 |
| 11 | Yvonne | 1,566 |
| 12 | Jolanda | 1,484 |
| 13 | Jacqueline | 1,429 |
| 14 | Adriana | 1,365 |
| 15 | Hendrika | 1,265 |
| 16 | Astrid | 1,133 |
| 17 | Petra | 1,111 |
| 18 | Anita | 1,049 |
| 19 | Margaretha | 1,024 |
| 20 | Karin | 965 |
| 21 | Esther | 943 |
| 22 | Helena | 863 |
| 23 | Jacoba | 839 |
| 24 | Sylvia | 742 |
| 25 | Sandra | 708 |
| 26 | Monica | 706 |
| 27 | Christina | 684 |
| 28 | Caroline | 673 |
| 29 | Geertruida | 651 |
| 30 | Marianne | 617 |
| 31 | Linda | 616 |
| 32 | Antonia | 605 |
| 33 | Ellen | 600 |
| 34 | Elizabeth | 547 |
| 35 | Theodora | 536 |
| 36 | Nicole | 533 |
| 37 | Henriëtte | 511 |
| 38 | Mirjam | 493 |
| 39 | Carolina | 480 |
| 40 | Francisca | 476 |
| 41 | Saskia | 471 |
| 42 | Aaltje | 430 |
| 43 | Irma | 421 |
| 44 | Alida | 418 |
| 45 | Diana | 409 |
| 46 | Alexandra | 404 |
| 47 | Miranda | 398 |
| 48 | Jantje | 393 |
| 49 | Patricia | 392 |
| 50 | Jeannette | 387 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 7,343 |
| 2 | Jan | 3,789 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 2,678 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,504 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,393 |
| 6 | Robert | 2,303 |
| 7 | Ronald | 2,281 |
| 8 | Peter | 2,186 |
| 9 | Marcel | 1,865 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 1,853 |
| 11 | Willem | 1,813 |
| 12 | Pieter | 1,692 |
| 13 | Wilhelmus | 1,660 |
| 14 | Gerrit | 1,583 |
| 15 | René | 1,537 |
| 16 | Antonius | 1,505 |
| 17 | Gerardus | 1,425 |
| 18 | Adrianus | 1,404 |
| 19 | Jacobus | 1,365 |
| 20 | Richard | 1,340 |
| 21 | Hendrikus | 1,315 |
| 22 | Martinus | 1,219 |
| 23 | Eric | 1,162 |
| 24 | Robertus | 1,131 |
| 25 | Marinus | 1,117 |
| 26 | Edwin | 1,104 |
| 27 | Henricus | 1,075 |
| 28 | Johan | 1,066 |
| 29 | Erik | 984 |
| 30 | Jacob | 984 |
| 31 | Dirk | 887 |
| 32 | Theodorus | 877 |
| 33 | Paulus | 862 |
| 34 | Marcus | 824 |
| 35 | Paul | 797 |
| 36 | Marco | 793 |
| 37 | Albert | 790 |
| 38 | Martin | 702 |
| 39 | Frank | 697 |
| 40 | Nicolaas | 664 |
| 41 | Jeroen | 654 |
| 42 | Leonardus | 636 |
| 43 | Arie | 614 |
| 44 | Rudolf | 605 |
| 45 | Michel | 593 |
| 46 | Hans | 555 |
| 47 | Bernardus | 549 |
| 48 | Erwin | 545 |
| 49 | André | 528 |
| 50 | Michael | 526 |