Top Names of 1966
The most popular names recorded in 1966 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 6,197 |
| 2 | Johanna | 4,875 |
| 3 | Monique | 2,797 |
| 4 | Anna | 2,325 |
| 5 | Elisabeth | 2,216 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 2,071 |
| 7 | Catharina | 1,808 |
| 8 | Petronella | 1,749 |
| 9 | Wilhelmina | 1,680 |
| 10 | Jolanda | 1,502 |
| 11 | Jacqueline | 1,481 |
| 12 | Yvonne | 1,471 |
| 13 | Ingrid | 1,468 |
| 14 | Adriana | 1,316 |
| 15 | Hendrika | 1,209 |
| 16 | Petra | 1,179 |
| 17 | Astrid | 1,111 |
| 18 | Esther | 1,012 |
| 19 | Karin | 1,002 |
| 20 | Anita | 949 |
| 21 | Margaretha | 927 |
| 22 | Sandra | 875 |
| 23 | Helena | 819 |
| 24 | Jacoba | 749 |
| 25 | Monica | 735 |
| 26 | Sylvia | 701 |
| 27 | Christina | 644 |
| 28 | Angelique | 601 |
| 29 | Ellen | 568 |
| 30 | Caroline | 558 |
| 31 | Saskia | 557 |
| 32 | Antonia | 553 |
| 33 | Linda | 550 |
| 34 | Marianne | 544 |
| 35 | Miranda | 535 |
| 36 | Geertruida | 525 |
| 37 | Mirjam | 520 |
| 38 | Elizabeth | 516 |
| 39 | Nicole | 491 |
| 40 | Theodora | 485 |
| 41 | Diana | 480 |
| 42 | Alexandra | 471 |
| 43 | Judith | 457 |
| 44 | Carolina | 446 |
| 45 | Patricia | 444 |
| 46 | Henriëtte | 434 |
| 47 | Simone | 420 |
| 48 | Bianca | 406 |
| 49 | Francisca | 402 |
| 50 | Brigitte | 385 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 6,705 |
| 2 | Jan | 3,765 |
| 3 | Cornelis | 2,537 |
| 4 | Hendrik | 2,387 |
| 5 | Petrus | 2,163 |
| 6 | Robert | 2,123 |
| 7 | Ronald | 2,108 |
| 8 | Peter | 2,044 |
| 9 | Marcel | 2,009 |
| 10 | Franciscus | 1,786 |
| 11 | Willem | 1,725 |
| 12 | Pieter | 1,548 |
| 13 | Gerrit | 1,520 |
| 14 | René | 1,452 |
| 15 | Richard | 1,430 |
| 16 | Wilhelmus | 1,419 |
| 17 | Antonius | 1,383 |
| 18 | Adrianus | 1,340 |
| 19 | Gerardus | 1,299 |
| 20 | Hendrikus | 1,217 |
| 21 | Jacobus | 1,211 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,123 |
| 23 | Edwin | 1,110 |
| 24 | Martinus | 1,070 |
| 25 | Erik | 1,056 |
| 26 | Marinus | 1,036 |
| 27 | Johan | 1,011 |
| 28 | Henricus | 1,001 |
| 29 | Michel | 975 |
| 30 | Robertus | 973 |
| 31 | Marco | 944 |
| 32 | Jacob | 936 |
| 33 | Paul | 912 |
| 34 | Marcus | 871 |
| 35 | Paulus | 827 |
| 36 | Dirk | 826 |
| 37 | Theodorus | 785 |
| 38 | Jeroen | 761 |
| 39 | Martin | 742 |
| 40 | Frank | 737 |
| 41 | Albert | 700 |
| 42 | Erwin | 695 |
| 43 | Nicolaas | 629 |
| 44 | Rudolf | 607 |
| 45 | Michael | 603 |
| 46 | Leonardus | 588 |
| 47 | Arie | 580 |
| 48 | Albertus | 562 |
| 49 | Hans | 532 |
| 50 | Klaas | 518 |