The most popular names recorded in 1977 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,753 |
| 2 | Johanna | 1,378 |
| 3 | Esther | 1,234 |
| 4 | Wendy | 992 |
| 5 | Sandra | 972 |
| 6 | Monique | 969 |
| 7 | Linda | 899 |
| 8 | Chantal | 813 |
| 9 | Bianca | 794 |
| 10 | Patricia | 770 |
| 11 | Daniëlle | 760 |
| 12 | Judith | 711 |
| 13 | Saskia | 676 |
| 14 | Marieke | 673 |
| 15 | Cornelia | 659 |
| 16 | Miranda | 626 |
| 17 | Elisabeth | 619 |
| 18 | Cindy | 610 |
| 19 | Tamara | 602 |
| 20 | Anna | 601 |
| 21 | Mirjam | 599 |
| 22 | Claudia | 544 |
| 23 | Petra | 531 |
| 24 | Jolanda | 508 |
| 25 | Kim | 508 |
| 26 | Maaike | 503 |
| 27 | Catharina | 473 |
| 28 | Jessica | 471 |
| 29 | Karin | 468 |
| 30 | Joyce | 458 |
| 31 | Nicole | 442 |
| 32 | Ingrid | 438 |
| 33 | Suzanne | 426 |
| 34 | Yvonne | 425 |
| 35 | Mariska | 424 |
| 36 | Femke | 420 |
| 37 | Wilhelmina | 411 |
| 38 | Adriana | 387 |
| 39 | Nathalie | 384 |
| 40 | Marjolein | 379 |
| 41 | Marloes | 378 |
| 42 | Simone | 378 |
| 43 | Angelique | 375 |
| 44 | Hendrika | 373 |
| 45 | Martine | 372 |
| 46 | Diana | 365 |
| 47 | Petronella | 363 |
| 48 | Ilse | 360 |
| 49 | Natasja | 344 |
| 50 | Ellen | 329 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,951 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 1,729 |
| 3 | Dennis | 1,485 |
| 4 | Jan | 1,434 |
| 5 | Martijn | 1,381 |
| 6 | Patrick | 1,152 |
| 7 | Mark | 1,036 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 920 |
| 9 | Robert | 906 |
| 10 | Peter | 883 |
| 11 | Marcel | 880 |
| 12 | Richard | 861 |
| 13 | Cornelis | 824 |
| 14 | Willem | 817 |
| 15 | Sander | 809 |
| 16 | Ronald | 763 |
| 17 | Pieter | 761 |
| 18 | Erik | 722 |
| 19 | Michel | 677 |
| 20 | Alexander | 675 |
| 21 | Marco | 674 |
| 22 | Maarten | 624 |
| 23 | Sebastiaan | 620 |
| 24 | Michael | 607 |
| 25 | Paul | 602 |
| 26 | Vincent | 587 |
| 27 | Gerrit | 581 |
| 28 | Remco | 574 |
| 29 | Wouter | 572 |
| 30 | Niels | 562 |
| 31 | Daniël | 560 |
| 32 | Michiel | 559 |
| 33 | Petrus | 543 |
| 34 | Edwin | 528 |
| 35 | Johan | 518 |
| 36 | Bart | 488 |
| 37 | Bastiaan | 485 |
| 38 | Pascal | 483 |
| 39 | René | 478 |
| 40 | Erwin | 470 |
| 41 | Joost | 467 |
| 42 | Frank | 465 |
| 43 | Raymond | 457 |
| 44 | Martin | 453 |
| 45 | Bas | 432 |
| 46 | Arjan | 431 |
| 47 | Jasper | 430 |
| 48 | Roy | 427 |
| 49 | Martinus | 424 |
| 50 | Christiaan | 421 |