The most popular names recorded in 1973 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 2,445 |
| 2 | Bianca | 2,066 |
| 3 | Johanna | 2,005 |
| 4 | Sandra | 1,519 |
| 5 | Monique | 1,400 |
| 6 | Esther | 1,320 |
| 7 | Miranda | 1,061 |
| 8 | Daniëlle | 1,047 |
| 9 | Wendy | 1,029 |
| 10 | Saskia | 870 |
| 11 | Cornelia | 869 |
| 12 | Elisabeth | 865 |
| 13 | Anna | 853 |
| 14 | Natasja | 822 |
| 15 | Ingrid | 800 |
| 16 | Claudia | 771 |
| 17 | Petra | 728 |
| 18 | Patricia | 709 |
| 19 | Jolanda | 702 |
| 20 | Wilhelmina | 702 |
| 21 | Nicole | 696 |
| 22 | Catharina | 682 |
| 23 | Chantal | 671 |
| 24 | Linda | 658 |
| 25 | Adriana | 639 |
| 26 | Yvonne | 620 |
| 27 | Karin | 610 |
| 28 | Petronella | 608 |
| 29 | Hendrika | 568 |
| 30 | Cindy | 567 |
| 31 | Judith | 566 |
| 32 | Simone | 514 |
| 33 | Diana | 508 |
| 34 | Mariska | 508 |
| 35 | Angelique | 490 |
| 36 | Mirjam | 487 |
| 37 | Astrid | 484 |
| 38 | Barbara | 461 |
| 39 | Suzanne | 458 |
| 40 | Jacqueline | 452 |
| 41 | Nathalie | 403 |
| 42 | Marieke | 400 |
| 43 | Anita | 386 |
| 44 | Nancy | 379 |
| 45 | Natascha | 371 |
| 46 | Martine | 370 |
| 47 | Margaretha | 365 |
| 48 | Sylvia | 363 |
| 49 | Jacoba | 361 |
| 50 | Alexandra | 359 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 2,828 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 1,952 |
| 3 | Jan | 1,905 |
| 4 | Marco | 1,568 |
| 5 | Patrick | 1,546 |
| 6 | Marcel | 1,386 |
| 7 | Richard | 1,385 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 1,335 |
| 9 | Dennis | 1,331 |
| 10 | Cornelis | 1,265 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,160 |
| 12 | Michel | 1,151 |
| 13 | Peter | 1,090 |
| 14 | Mark | 1,074 |
| 15 | Edwin | 1,058 |
| 16 | Willem | 991 |
| 17 | Ronald | 983 |
| 18 | Martijn | 970 |
| 19 | Pieter | 895 |
| 20 | Alexander | 856 |
| 21 | Petrus | 840 |
| 22 | Michael | 832 |
| 23 | Erik | 815 |
| 24 | René | 814 |
| 25 | Gerrit | 803 |
| 26 | Sander | 722 |
| 27 | Erwin | 668 |
| 28 | Adrianus | 651 |
| 29 | Remco | 646 |
| 30 | Marc | 640 |
| 31 | Daniël | 638 |
| 32 | Raymond | 619 |
| 33 | Marinus | 577 |
| 34 | Johan | 575 |
| 35 | Franciscus | 570 |
| 36 | Maurice | 569 |
| 37 | Jacobus | 563 |
| 38 | Frank | 543 |
| 39 | Paul | 542 |
| 40 | Martinus | 536 |
| 41 | Michiel | 530 |
| 42 | Wilhelmus | 527 |
| 43 | Martin | 523 |
| 44 | Hendrikus | 522 |
| 45 | Pascal | 520 |
| 46 | Antonius | 516 |
| 47 | Vincent | 506 |
| 48 | Gerardus | 490 |
| 49 | Jacob | 489 |
| 50 | Danny | 486 |