Top Names of 1972
The most popular names recorded in 1972 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Maria | 2,760 |
| 2 | Johanna | 2,334 |
| 3 | Sandra | 1,958 |
| 4 | Esther | 1,651 |
| 5 | Monique | 1,638 |
| 6 | Miranda | 1,189 |
| 7 | Daniëlle | 1,119 |
| 8 | Ingrid | 1,091 |
| 9 | Bianca | 1,087 |
| 10 | Cornelia | 1,069 |
| 11 | Elisabeth | 1,042 |
| 12 | Saskia | 1,041 |
| 13 | Anna | 1,014 |
| 14 | Patricia | 869 |
| 15 | Jolanda | 859 |
| 16 | Karin | 845 |
| 17 | Catharina | 841 |
| 18 | Angelique | 814 |
| 19 | Wilhelmina | 812 |
| 20 | Yvonne | 810 |
| 21 | Claudia | 809 |
| 22 | Wendy | 797 |
| 23 | Natasja | 787 |
| 24 | Petra | 785 |
| 25 | Petronella | 774 |
| 26 | Nicole | 763 |
| 27 | Adriana | 734 |
| 28 | Linda | 708 |
| 29 | Astrid | 680 |
| 30 | Chantal | 675 |
| 31 | Hendrika | 642 |
| 32 | Mirjam | 581 |
| 33 | Suzanne | 578 |
| 34 | Diana | 577 |
| 35 | Judith | 568 |
| 36 | Simone | 551 |
| 37 | Jacqueline | 526 |
| 38 | Nathalie | 520 |
| 39 | Alexandra | 513 |
| 40 | Mariska | 489 |
| 41 | Barbara | 485 |
| 42 | Jessica | 471 |
| 43 | Nancy | 460 |
| 44 | Sylvia | 457 |
| 45 | Anita | 448 |
| 46 | Mariëlle | 437 |
| 47 | Margaretha | 431 |
| 48 | Ellen | 412 |
| 49 | Helena | 381 |
| 50 | Sonja | 378 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 3,327 |
| 2 | Jan | 2,204 |
| 3 | Marco | 2,024 |
| 4 | Jeroen | 1,917 |
| 5 | Patrick | 1,807 |
| 6 | Marcel | 1,765 |
| 7 | Richard | 1,591 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 1,526 |
| 9 | Cornelis | 1,403 |
| 10 | Robert | 1,390 |
| 11 | Michel | 1,337 |
| 12 | Edwin | 1,330 |
| 13 | Peter | 1,284 |
| 14 | Dennis | 1,275 |
| 15 | Ronald | 1,216 |
| 16 | Willem | 1,210 |
| 17 | Petrus | 1,062 |
| 18 | Pieter | 1,046 |
| 19 | Erik | 954 |
| 20 | René | 918 |
| 21 | Mark | 915 |
| 22 | Gerrit | 882 |
| 23 | Alexander | 878 |
| 24 | Martijn | 864 |
| 25 | Erwin | 833 |
| 26 | Adrianus | 731 |
| 27 | Michael | 726 |
| 28 | Johan | 720 |
| 29 | Franciscus | 703 |
| 30 | Daniël | 688 |
| 31 | Martinus | 685 |
| 32 | Wilhelmus | 682 |
| 33 | Marc | 681 |
| 34 | Antonius | 677 |
| 35 | Maurice | 675 |
| 36 | Sander | 674 |
| 37 | Jacobus | 668 |
| 38 | Raymond | 658 |
| 39 | Marinus | 651 |
| 40 | Martin | 634 |
| 41 | Jacob | 619 |
| 42 | Remco | 618 |
| 43 | Paul | 617 |
| 44 | Gerardus | 612 |
| 45 | Frank | 603 |
| 46 | Pascal | 593 |
| 47 | Eric | 578 |
| 48 | Hendrikus | 561 |
| 49 | Dirk | 530 |
| 50 | Michiel | 524 |