The most popular names recorded in 1980 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,699 |
| 2 | Johanna | 1,298 |
| 3 | Linda | 1,129 |
| 4 | Kim | 1,100 |
| 5 | Esther | 950 |
| 6 | Wendy | 864 |
| 7 | Marieke | 812 |
| 8 | Patricia | 743 |
| 9 | Chantal | 726 |
| 10 | Bianca | 678 |
| 11 | Judith | 674 |
| 12 | Monique | 669 |
| 13 | Elisabeth | 668 |
| 14 | Daniëlle | 665 |
| 15 | Anna | 657 |
| 16 | Sandra | 621 |
| 17 | Jessica | 609 |
| 18 | Ilona | 576 |
| 19 | Saskia | 567 |
| 20 | Tamara | 559 |
| 21 | Karin | 537 |
| 22 | Suzanne | 528 |
| 23 | Joyce | 522 |
| 24 | Femke | 516 |
| 25 | Cornelia | 501 |
| 26 | Marjolein | 501 |
| 27 | Maaike | 496 |
| 28 | Miranda | 490 |
| 29 | Marloes | 454 |
| 30 | Jolanda | 442 |
| 31 | Yvonne | 442 |
| 32 | Petra | 437 |
| 33 | Laura | 433 |
| 34 | Mirjam | 430 |
| 35 | Nathalie | 425 |
| 36 | Sabrina | 415 |
| 37 | Catharina | 410 |
| 38 | Mariska | 409 |
| 39 | Inge | 400 |
| 40 | Adriana | 386 |
| 41 | Angelique | 386 |
| 42 | Cindy | 372 |
| 43 | Ingrid | 350 |
| 44 | Nicole | 350 |
| 45 | Ellen | 346 |
| 46 | Anne | 345 |
| 47 | Ilse | 342 |
| 48 | Simone | 341 |
| 49 | Janneke | 339 |
| 50 | Maartje | 329 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,958 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 1,732 |
| 3 | Dennis | 1,379 |
| 4 | Jan | 1,327 |
| 5 | Martijn | 1,144 |
| 6 | Mark | 1,075 |
| 7 | Patrick | 960 |
| 8 | Peter | 950 |
| 9 | Hendrik | 911 |
| 10 | Robert | 895 |
| 11 | Cornelis | 825 |
| 12 | Maarten | 786 |
| 13 | Richard | 782 |
| 14 | Wouter | 780 |
| 15 | Sander | 778 |
| 16 | Willem | 778 |
| 17 | Pieter | 750 |
| 18 | Michael | 745 |
| 19 | Marcel | 730 |
| 20 | Sebastiaan | 722 |
| 21 | Erik | 721 |
| 22 | Bart | 699 |
| 23 | Ronald | 690 |
| 24 | Michel | 680 |
| 25 | Daniël | 662 |
| 26 | Paul | 651 |
| 27 | Roy | 614 |
| 28 | Alexander | 584 |
| 29 | Niels | 578 |
| 30 | Gerrit | 566 |
| 31 | Vincent | 547 |
| 32 | Petrus | 521 |
| 33 | Johan | 510 |
| 34 | Remco | 508 |
| 35 | Marco | 505 |
| 36 | Frank | 495 |
| 37 | Michiel | 490 |
| 38 | Stefan | 484 |
| 39 | Joost | 472 |
| 40 | Martin | 467 |
| 41 | René | 462 |
| 42 | Dirk | 461 |
| 43 | David | 454 |
| 44 | Rob | 437 |
| 45 | Christiaan | 423 |
| 46 | Thomas | 418 |
| 47 | Martinus | 416 |
| 48 | Arjan | 413 |
| 49 | Edwin | 413 |
| 50 | Danny | 412 |