The most popular names recorded in 1983 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,440 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,361 |
| 3 | Johanna | 1,148 |
| 4 | Kim | 1,084 |
| 5 | Wendy | 794 |
| 6 | Esther | 699 |
| 7 | Chantal | 687 |
| 8 | Marieke | 679 |
| 9 | Anna | 661 |
| 10 | Daniëlle | 640 |
| 11 | Suzanne | 614 |
| 12 | Patricia | 597 |
| 13 | Joyce | 570 |
| 14 | Elisabeth | 569 |
| 15 | Laura | 539 |
| 16 | Bianca | 514 |
| 17 | Nicole | 514 |
| 18 | Sandra | 493 |
| 19 | Jessica | 491 |
| 20 | Cornelia | 479 |
| 21 | Judith | 474 |
| 22 | Maaike | 471 |
| 23 | Monique | 459 |
| 24 | Saskia | 456 |
| 25 | Marloes | 454 |
| 26 | Ellen | 435 |
| 27 | Tamara | 414 |
| 28 | Karin | 411 |
| 29 | Mariska | 408 |
| 30 | Marjolein | 397 |
| 31 | Eva | 387 |
| 32 | Femke | 385 |
| 33 | Janneke | 380 |
| 34 | Inge | 378 |
| 35 | Miranda | 377 |
| 36 | Angela | 376 |
| 37 | Sanne | 367 |
| 38 | Anne | 348 |
| 39 | Nathalie | 345 |
| 40 | Ilona | 343 |
| 41 | Yvonne | 343 |
| 42 | Mirjam | 342 |
| 43 | Catharina | 325 |
| 44 | Wilhelmina | 321 |
| 45 | Marleen | 316 |
| 46 | Ilse | 304 |
| 47 | Adriana | 299 |
| 48 | Simone | 287 |
| 49 | Claudia | 286 |
| 50 | Priscilla | 286 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,683 |
| 2 | Mark | 1,322 |
| 3 | Jeroen | 1,222 |
| 4 | Jan | 1,156 |
| 5 | Dennis | 1,145 |
| 6 | Martijn | 898 |
| 7 | Patrick | 851 |
| 8 | Maarten | 819 |
| 9 | Peter | 812 |
| 10 | Michael | 810 |
| 11 | Hendrik | 800 |
| 12 | Cornelis | 786 |
| 13 | Bart | 760 |
| 14 | Robert | 759 |
| 15 | Sander | 752 |
| 16 | Pieter | 748 |
| 17 | Willem | 732 |
| 18 | Danny | 720 |
| 19 | Daniël | 719 |
| 20 | Wouter | 676 |
| 21 | Paul | 655 |
| 22 | Niels | 633 |
| 23 | Stefan | 628 |
| 24 | Erik | 616 |
| 25 | Richard | 600 |
| 26 | Roy | 595 |
| 27 | Frank | 587 |
| 28 | Marcel | 571 |
| 29 | Thomas | 556 |
| 30 | Michel | 549 |
| 31 | Ronald | 544 |
| 32 | Gerrit | 525 |
| 33 | Tim | 479 |
| 34 | Jeffrey | 453 |
| 35 | Remco | 450 |
| 36 | Sebastiaan | 446 |
| 37 | Joost | 441 |
| 38 | David | 440 |
| 39 | Johan | 439 |
| 40 | Rob | 433 |
| 41 | René | 428 |
| 42 | Michiel | 425 |
| 43 | Petrus | 422 |
| 44 | Vincent | 422 |
| 45 | Alexander | 419 |
| 46 | Dirk | 401 |
| 47 | Kevin | 399 |
| 48 | Tom | 397 |
| 49 | Martin | 389 |
| 50 | Marco | 369 |