Top Names of 1969
The most popular names recorded in 1969 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 4,666 |
| 2 | Johanna | 3,996 |
| 3 | Monique | 2,405 |
| 4 | Elisabeth | 1,741 |
| 5 | Cornelia | 1,692 |
| 6 | Anna | 1,689 |
| 7 | Ingrid | 1,669 |
| 8 | Esther | 1,612 |
| 9 | Sandra | 1,526 |
| 10 | Catharina | 1,456 |
| 11 | Jolanda | 1,392 |
| 12 | Yvonne | 1,336 |
| 13 | Petronella | 1,286 |
| 14 | Wilhelmina | 1,265 |
| 15 | Karin | 1,259 |
| 16 | Adriana | 1,105 |
| 17 | Jacqueline | 1,091 |
| 18 | Petra | 1,086 |
| 19 | Miranda | 1,080 |
| 20 | Astrid | 1,063 |
| 21 | Angelique | 1,027 |
| 22 | Hendrika | 973 |
| 23 | Nicole | 941 |
| 24 | Bianca | 928 |
| 25 | Patricia | 869 |
| 26 | Linda | 857 |
| 27 | Sylvia | 797 |
| 28 | Alexandra | 791 |
| 29 | Saskia | 772 |
| 30 | Margaretha | 722 |
| 31 | Helena | 697 |
| 32 | Daniëlle | 671 |
| 33 | Anita | 654 |
| 34 | Diana | 650 |
| 35 | Mirjam | 648 |
| 36 | Claudia | 594 |
| 37 | Christina | 579 |
| 38 | Jacoba | 578 |
| 39 | Ellen | 577 |
| 40 | Simone | 566 |
| 41 | Judith | 541 |
| 42 | Brigitte | 528 |
| 43 | Elizabeth | 518 |
| 44 | Nancy | 466 |
| 45 | Antonia | 463 |
| 46 | Marianne | 460 |
| 47 | Geertruida | 450 |
| 48 | Caroline | 448 |
| 49 | Nathalie | 447 |
| 50 | Henriëtte | 404 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 5,493 |
| 2 | Jan | 3,183 |
| 3 | Marcel | 2,271 |
| 4 | Robert | 2,185 |
| 5 | Cornelis | 2,164 |
| 6 | Hendrik | 2,122 |
| 7 | Richard | 2,093 |
| 8 | Peter | 1,892 |
| 9 | Ronald | 1,801 |
| 10 | Marco | 1,747 |
| 11 | Willem | 1,747 |
| 12 | Edwin | 1,709 |
| 13 | Petrus | 1,674 |
| 14 | Patrick | 1,546 |
| 15 | Pieter | 1,470 |
| 16 | René | 1,448 |
| 17 | Gerrit | 1,345 |
| 18 | Jeroen | 1,302 |
| 19 | Franciscus | 1,298 |
| 20 | Adrianus | 1,195 |
| 21 | Erik | 1,181 |
| 22 | Michel | 1,156 |
| 23 | Wilhelmus | 1,113 |
| 24 | Johan | 1,110 |
| 25 | Gerardus | 1,049 |
| 26 | Jacobus | 1,040 |
| 27 | Marinus | 1,023 |
| 28 | Antonius | 1,022 |
| 29 | Eric | 959 |
| 30 | Martinus | 946 |
| 31 | Hendrikus | 941 |
| 32 | Alexander | 919 |
| 33 | Michael | 907 |
| 34 | Frank | 882 |
| 35 | Paul | 879 |
| 36 | Mark | 801 |
| 37 | Jacob | 793 |
| 38 | Martin | 769 |
| 39 | Dirk | 761 |
| 40 | Robertus | 760 |
| 41 | Marc | 753 |
| 42 | Marcus | 749 |
| 43 | Erwin | 721 |
| 44 | Henricus | 704 |
| 45 | Dennis | 676 |
| 46 | Raymond | 671 |
| 47 | Albert | 662 |
| 48 | Paulus | 587 |
| 49 | Theodorus | 587 |
| 50 | Maurice | 581 |