The most popular names recorded in 1974 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 2,136 |
| 2 | Johanna | 1,645 |
| 3 | Sandra | 1,406 |
| 4 | Bianca | 1,375 |
| 5 | Esther | 1,272 |
| 6 | Monique | 1,185 |
| 7 | Wendy | 1,094 |
| 8 | Daniëlle | 968 |
| 9 | Cindy | 916 |
| 10 | Chantal | 911 |
| 11 | Miranda | 900 |
| 12 | Saskia | 847 |
| 13 | Anna | 794 |
| 14 | Cornelia | 789 |
| 15 | Patricia | 764 |
| 16 | Elisabeth | 761 |
| 17 | Natasja | 751 |
| 18 | Linda | 720 |
| 19 | Claudia | 666 |
| 20 | Ingrid | 630 |
| 21 | Jolanda | 615 |
| 22 | Petra | 601 |
| 23 | Wilhelmina | 601 |
| 24 | Nicole | 597 |
| 25 | Judith | 592 |
| 26 | Karin | 578 |
| 27 | Catharina | 564 |
| 28 | Mirjam | 542 |
| 29 | Adriana | 541 |
| 30 | Petronella | 531 |
| 31 | Simone | 519 |
| 32 | Yvonne | 508 |
| 33 | Diana | 499 |
| 34 | Hendrika | 478 |
| 35 | Mariska | 477 |
| 36 | Nathalie | 455 |
| 37 | Barbara | 454 |
| 38 | Marieke | 448 |
| 39 | Astrid | 444 |
| 40 | Sonja | 442 |
| 41 | Suzanne | 439 |
| 42 | Martine | 404 |
| 43 | Angelique | 402 |
| 44 | Jacqueline | 379 |
| 45 | Jessica | 372 |
| 46 | Tamara | 362 |
| 47 | Renate | 351 |
| 48 | Margaretha | 347 |
| 49 | Nancy | 338 |
| 50 | Maaike | 331 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 2,588 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 2,006 |
| 3 | Jan | 1,736 |
| 4 | Patrick | 1,415 |
| 5 | Dennis | 1,373 |
| 6 | Marcel | 1,269 |
| 7 | Richard | 1,176 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 1,175 |
| 9 | Marco | 1,139 |
| 10 | Cornelis | 1,060 |
| 11 | Mark | 1,060 |
| 12 | Martijn | 1,059 |
| 13 | Peter | 966 |
| 14 | Robert | 953 |
| 15 | Michel | 949 |
| 16 | Willem | 942 |
| 17 | Ronald | 918 |
| 18 | Alexander | 870 |
| 19 | Pieter | 859 |
| 20 | Edwin | 852 |
| 21 | Michael | 846 |
| 22 | Petrus | 748 |
| 23 | Gerrit | 740 |
| 24 | Sander | 712 |
| 25 | René | 706 |
| 26 | Daniël | 686 |
| 27 | Erik | 682 |
| 28 | Johan | 655 |
| 29 | Remco | 622 |
| 30 | Marc | 603 |
| 31 | Raymond | 600 |
| 32 | Maarten | 581 |
| 33 | Adrianus | 573 |
| 34 | Erwin | 567 |
| 35 | Marinus | 538 |
| 36 | Michiel | 536 |
| 37 | Frank | 531 |
| 38 | Maurice | 527 |
| 39 | Vincent | 510 |
| 40 | Danny | 508 |
| 41 | Martin | 508 |
| 42 | Martinus | 502 |
| 43 | Paul | 495 |
| 44 | Antonius | 472 |
| 45 | Pascal | 472 |
| 46 | Jacob | 470 |
| 47 | Wilhelmus | 464 |
| 48 | Bastiaan | 462 |
| 49 | Franciscus | 462 |
| 50 | Jacobus | 461 |