Top Names of 1970
The most popular names recorded in 1970 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 3,922 |
| 2 | Johanna | 3,374 |
| 3 | Monique | 2,324 |
| 4 | Esther | 1,705 |
| 5 | Sandra | 1,559 |
| 6 | Cornelia | 1,541 |
| 7 | Elisabeth | 1,531 |
| 8 | Anna | 1,484 |
| 9 | Ingrid | 1,452 |
| 10 | Yvonne | 1,238 |
| 11 | Jolanda | 1,234 |
| 12 | Catharina | 1,218 |
| 13 | Petronella | 1,167 |
| 14 | Karin | 1,118 |
| 15 | Wilhelmina | 1,098 |
| 16 | Bianca | 1,087 |
| 17 | Adriana | 1,027 |
| 18 | Astrid | 1,027 |
| 19 | Saskia | 1,011 |
| 20 | Miranda | 999 |
| 21 | Patricia | 976 |
| 22 | Petra | 953 |
| 23 | Angelique | 951 |
| 24 | Hendrika | 901 |
| 25 | Jacqueline | 836 |
| 26 | Daniëlle | 832 |
| 27 | Nicole | 828 |
| 28 | Linda | 796 |
| 29 | Sylvia | 745 |
| 30 | Diana | 718 |
| 31 | Claudia | 661 |
| 32 | Anita | 650 |
| 33 | Mirjam | 628 |
| 34 | Alexandra | 610 |
| 35 | Margaretha | 594 |
| 36 | Judith | 576 |
| 37 | Helena | 560 |
| 38 | Ellen | 556 |
| 39 | Jacoba | 542 |
| 40 | Simone | 542 |
| 41 | Nathalie | 483 |
| 42 | Natasja | 477 |
| 43 | Wendy | 475 |
| 44 | Christina | 469 |
| 45 | Brigitte | 434 |
| 46 | Geertruida | 416 |
| 47 | Nancy | 415 |
| 48 | Marianne | 413 |
| 49 | Barbara | 410 |
| 50 | Elizabeth | 406 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 4,627 |
| 2 | Jan | 2,882 |
| 3 | Marcel | 2,399 |
| 4 | Marco | 2,058 |
| 5 | Richard | 1,933 |
| 6 | Cornelis | 1,927 |
| 7 | Hendrik | 1,886 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,845 |
| 9 | Jeroen | 1,780 |
| 10 | Edwin | 1,758 |
| 11 | Peter | 1,653 |
| 12 | Ronald | 1,615 |
| 13 | Patrick | 1,584 |
| 14 | Petrus | 1,464 |
| 15 | Willem | 1,455 |
| 16 | Gerrit | 1,293 |
| 17 | Pieter | 1,258 |
| 18 | René | 1,225 |
| 19 | Michel | 1,194 |
| 20 | Franciscus | 1,062 |
| 21 | Erik | 1,058 |
| 22 | Adrianus | 1,045 |
| 23 | Johan | 1,006 |
| 24 | Wilhelmus | 946 |
| 25 | Marinus | 938 |
| 26 | Antonius | 925 |
| 27 | Alexander | 891 |
| 28 | Michael | 887 |
| 29 | Martinus | 877 |
| 30 | Eric | 857 |
| 31 | Gerardus | 842 |
| 32 | Dennis | 834 |
| 33 | Erwin | 832 |
| 34 | Hendrikus | 826 |
| 35 | Jacobus | 826 |
| 36 | Martin | 817 |
| 37 | Paul | 803 |
| 38 | Mark | 786 |
| 39 | Frank | 766 |
| 40 | Jacob | 743 |
| 41 | Maurice | 710 |
| 42 | Dirk | 698 |
| 43 | Martijn | 684 |
| 44 | Raymond | 658 |
| 45 | Marc | 646 |
| 46 | Marcus | 626 |
| 47 | Albert | 588 |
| 48 | Robertus | 564 |
| 49 | Henricus | 549 |
| 50 | Theodorus | 498 |