The most popular names recorded in 1982 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,643 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,230 |
| 3 | Johanna | 1,217 |
| 4 | Kim | 1,086 |
| 5 | Wendy | 840 |
| 6 | Marieke | 733 |
| 7 | Esther | 705 |
| 8 | Anna | 645 |
| 9 | Chantal | 637 |
| 10 | Patricia | 630 |
| 11 | Bianca | 614 |
| 12 | Sandra | 609 |
| 13 | Daniëlle | 595 |
| 14 | Elisabeth | 586 |
| 15 | Marloes | 546 |
| 16 | Joyce | 517 |
| 17 | Tamara | 510 |
| 18 | Laura | 509 |
| 19 | Suzanne | 504 |
| 20 | Saskia | 498 |
| 21 | Ellen | 496 |
| 22 | Monique | 488 |
| 23 | Cornelia | 481 |
| 24 | Marjolein | 466 |
| 25 | Karin | 456 |
| 26 | Femke | 454 |
| 27 | Judith | 453 |
| 28 | Nicole | 437 |
| 29 | Inge | 418 |
| 30 | Maaike | 418 |
| 31 | Eva | 417 |
| 32 | Miranda | 416 |
| 33 | Jessica | 400 |
| 34 | Ilona | 392 |
| 35 | Angela | 385 |
| 36 | Anne | 378 |
| 37 | Yvonne | 375 |
| 38 | Mirjam | 369 |
| 39 | Catharina | 357 |
| 40 | Jolanda | 357 |
| 41 | Nathalie | 351 |
| 42 | Mariska | 347 |
| 43 | Wilhelmina | 337 |
| 44 | Adriana | 336 |
| 45 | Sabine | 336 |
| 46 | Sanne | 334 |
| 47 | Janneke | 330 |
| 48 | Claudia | 308 |
| 49 | Petra | 307 |
| 50 | Ingrid | 306 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,801 |
| 2 | Jan | 1,325 |
| 3 | Jeroen | 1,306 |
| 4 | Dennis | 1,212 |
| 5 | Mark | 1,073 |
| 6 | Martijn | 920 |
| 7 | Peter | 884 |
| 8 | Hendrik | 836 |
| 9 | Patrick | 822 |
| 10 | Willem | 779 |
| 11 | Maarten | 761 |
| 12 | Robert | 761 |
| 13 | Cornelis | 751 |
| 14 | Pieter | 733 |
| 15 | Sander | 729 |
| 16 | Bart | 708 |
| 17 | Michael | 701 |
| 18 | Richard | 700 |
| 19 | Daniël | 687 |
| 20 | Paul | 679 |
| 21 | Wouter | 678 |
| 22 | Erik | 665 |
| 23 | Marcel | 623 |
| 24 | Niels | 592 |
| 25 | Ronald | 575 |
| 26 | Gerrit | 562 |
| 27 | Frank | 560 |
| 28 | Roy | 547 |
| 29 | Thomas | 541 |
| 30 | Michel | 540 |
| 31 | Sebastiaan | 518 |
| 32 | Stefan | 504 |
| 33 | Johan | 491 |
| 34 | Alexander | 487 |
| 35 | Danny | 482 |
| 36 | Rob | 480 |
| 37 | Remco | 478 |
| 38 | Tim | 468 |
| 39 | Vincent | 463 |
| 40 | David | 453 |
| 41 | Joost | 434 |
| 42 | Petrus | 434 |
| 43 | Michiel | 433 |
| 44 | René | 432 |
| 45 | Marco | 425 |
| 46 | Martin | 399 |
| 47 | Tom | 399 |
| 48 | Dirk | 385 |
| 49 | Bas | 372 |
| 50 | Marinus | 360 |