Top Names of 1971
The most popular names recorded in 1971 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 3,247 |
| 2 | Johanna | 2,879 |
| 3 | Sandra | 2,422 |
| 4 | Monique | 2,027 |
| 5 | Esther | 1,716 |
| 6 | Ingrid | 1,262 |
| 7 | Cornelia | 1,228 |
| 8 | Elisabeth | 1,227 |
| 9 | Anna | 1,214 |
| 10 | Bianca | 1,139 |
| 11 | Saskia | 1,119 |
| 12 | Miranda | 1,060 |
| 13 | Jolanda | 1,032 |
| 14 | Daniëlle | 989 |
| 15 | Patricia | 982 |
| 16 | Catharina | 956 |
| 17 | Wilhelmina | 952 |
| 18 | Yvonne | 936 |
| 19 | Petronella | 897 |
| 20 | Astrid | 894 |
| 21 | Angelique | 880 |
| 22 | Nicole | 877 |
| 23 | Karin | 865 |
| 24 | Petra | 850 |
| 25 | Adriana | 790 |
| 26 | Claudia | 733 |
| 27 | Hendrika | 727 |
| 28 | Linda | 716 |
| 29 | Diana | 663 |
| 30 | Wendy | 657 |
| 31 | Jacqueline | 640 |
| 32 | Nathalie | 629 |
| 33 | Alexandra | 618 |
| 34 | Simone | 611 |
| 35 | Chantal | 589 |
| 36 | Natasja | 588 |
| 37 | Mirjam | 566 |
| 38 | Judith | 525 |
| 39 | Anita | 523 |
| 40 | Barbara | 497 |
| 41 | Sylvia | 486 |
| 42 | Jacoba | 470 |
| 43 | Ellen | 457 |
| 44 | Margaretha | 451 |
| 45 | Mariska | 441 |
| 46 | Helena | 439 |
| 47 | Christina | 430 |
| 48 | Sonja | 414 |
| 49 | Nancy | 410 |
| 50 | Mariëlle | 394 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 4,039 |
| 2 | Jan | 2,599 |
| 3 | Marco | 2,416 |
| 4 | Marcel | 2,122 |
| 5 | Jeroen | 1,910 |
| 6 | Richard | 1,795 |
| 7 | Cornelis | 1,733 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 1,709 |
| 9 | Patrick | 1,695 |
| 10 | Robert | 1,585 |
| 11 | Edwin | 1,575 |
| 12 | Peter | 1,426 |
| 13 | Ronald | 1,396 |
| 14 | Willem | 1,344 |
| 15 | Petrus | 1,197 |
| 16 | Michel | 1,172 |
| 17 | Pieter | 1,172 |
| 18 | René | 1,141 |
| 19 | Dennis | 1,117 |
| 20 | Gerrit | 1,057 |
| 21 | Erik | 1,018 |
| 22 | Adrianus | 927 |
| 23 | Alexander | 887 |
| 24 | Wilhelmus | 839 |
| 25 | Michael | 828 |
| 26 | Johan | 824 |
| 27 | Franciscus | 819 |
| 28 | Martijn | 804 |
| 29 | Martinus | 797 |
| 30 | Marinus | 793 |
| 31 | Mark | 786 |
| 32 | Erwin | 778 |
| 33 | Antonius | 776 |
| 34 | Gerardus | 761 |
| 35 | Paul | 746 |
| 36 | Jacobus | 742 |
| 37 | Marc | 738 |
| 38 | Martin | 724 |
| 39 | Eric | 712 |
| 40 | Raymond | 702 |
| 41 | Hendrikus | 668 |
| 42 | Jacob | 654 |
| 43 | Dirk | 653 |
| 44 | Marcus | 647 |
| 45 | Maurice | 645 |
| 46 | Remco | 643 |
| 47 | Frank | 642 |
| 48 | Albert | 546 |
| 49 | Sander | 538 |
| 50 | Maarten | 506 |