The most popular names recorded in 1976 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,774 |
| 2 | Johanna | 1,445 |
| 3 | Esther | 1,265 |
| 4 | Monique | 1,206 |
| 5 | Sandra | 1,121 |
| 6 | Bianca | 963 |
| 7 | Wendy | 959 |
| 8 | Linda | 902 |
| 9 | Daniëlle | 872 |
| 10 | Chantal | 866 |
| 11 | Judith | 790 |
| 12 | Saskia | 738 |
| 13 | Miranda | 727 |
| 14 | Cindy | 684 |
| 15 | Cornelia | 678 |
| 16 | Elisabeth | 674 |
| 17 | Nicole | 646 |
| 18 | Patricia | 641 |
| 19 | Anna | 630 |
| 20 | Claudia | 612 |
| 21 | Marieke | 608 |
| 22 | Tamara | 592 |
| 23 | Angelique | 569 |
| 24 | Karin | 564 |
| 25 | Mirjam | 529 |
| 26 | Petra | 521 |
| 27 | Ingrid | 505 |
| 28 | Catharina | 494 |
| 29 | Jolanda | 494 |
| 30 | Suzanne | 478 |
| 31 | Kim | 463 |
| 32 | Joyce | 455 |
| 33 | Maaike | 455 |
| 34 | Mariska | 450 |
| 35 | Natasja | 444 |
| 36 | Petronella | 444 |
| 37 | Adriana | 442 |
| 38 | Barbara | 441 |
| 39 | Wilhelmina | 437 |
| 40 | Nathalie | 436 |
| 41 | Yvonne | 430 |
| 42 | Simone | 426 |
| 43 | Diana | 403 |
| 44 | Hendrika | 392 |
| 45 | Marjolein | 363 |
| 46 | Jessica | 354 |
| 47 | Martine | 353 |
| 48 | Renate | 351 |
| 49 | Astrid | 346 |
| 50 | Sylvia | 335 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 2,036 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 1,822 |
| 3 | Jan | 1,477 |
| 4 | Martijn | 1,467 |
| 5 | Dennis | 1,336 |
| 6 | Patrick | 1,305 |
| 7 | Richard | 1,013 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 972 |
| 9 | Robert | 958 |
| 10 | Marcel | 949 |
| 11 | Mark | 942 |
| 12 | Cornelis | 935 |
| 13 | Peter | 913 |
| 14 | Sander | 891 |
| 15 | Marco | 816 |
| 16 | Michel | 810 |
| 17 | Pieter | 799 |
| 18 | Alexander | 789 |
| 19 | Willem | 784 |
| 20 | Ronald | 771 |
| 21 | Erik | 692 |
| 22 | Vincent | 655 |
| 23 | Michael | 629 |
| 24 | Michiel | 621 |
| 25 | Daniël | 612 |
| 26 | Maarten | 603 |
| 27 | Gerrit | 598 |
| 28 | Paul | 584 |
| 29 | Remco | 575 |
| 30 | Niels | 574 |
| 31 | Edwin | 552 |
| 32 | Petrus | 543 |
| 33 | René | 533 |
| 34 | Erwin | 511 |
| 35 | Johan | 511 |
| 36 | Martinus | 510 |
| 37 | Pascal | 505 |
| 38 | Bart | 501 |
| 39 | Raymond | 487 |
| 40 | Maurice | 481 |
| 41 | Adrianus | 475 |
| 42 | Martin | 475 |
| 43 | Wouter | 473 |
| 44 | Sebastiaan | 471 |
| 45 | Marc | 468 |
| 46 | Frank | 465 |
| 47 | Bastiaan | 451 |
| 48 | Dirk | 446 |
| 49 | Jasper | 441 |
| 50 | Jacob | 431 |