The most popular names recorded in 1984 were Linda for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda | 1,486 |
| 2 | Maria | 1,419 |
| 3 | Johanna | 1,154 |
| 4 | Kim | 1,073 |
| 5 | Wendy | 742 |
| 6 | Suzanne | 735 |
| 7 | Sanne | 688 |
| 8 | Esther | 677 |
| 9 | Daniëlle | 662 |
| 10 | Chantal | 661 |
| 11 | Laura | 637 |
| 12 | Anna | 633 |
| 13 | Joyce | 613 |
| 14 | Marieke | 613 |
| 15 | Elisabeth | 581 |
| 16 | Sandra | 580 |
| 17 | Bianca | 509 |
| 18 | Nicole | 501 |
| 19 | Anne | 484 |
| 20 | Patricia | 469 |
| 21 | Cornelia | 467 |
| 22 | Marloes | 459 |
| 23 | Marjolein | 452 |
| 24 | Maaike | 444 |
| 25 | Saskia | 425 |
| 26 | Judith | 424 |
| 27 | Jessica | 419 |
| 28 | Eva | 408 |
| 29 | Monique | 401 |
| 30 | Karin | 394 |
| 31 | Inge | 393 |
| 32 | Tamara | 381 |
| 33 | Ellen | 379 |
| 34 | Yvonne | 375 |
| 35 | Priscilla | 372 |
| 36 | Ilse | 365 |
| 37 | Leonie | 365 |
| 38 | Mariska | 344 |
| 39 | Miranda | 341 |
| 40 | Janneke | 331 |
| 41 | Susanne | 326 |
| 42 | Sabine | 323 |
| 43 | Femke | 321 |
| 44 | Nathalie | 316 |
| 45 | Catharina | 313 |
| 46 | Wilhelmina | 313 |
| 47 | Claudia | 311 |
| 48 | Marleen | 306 |
| 49 | Rianne | 300 |
| 50 | Sharon | 299 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,724 |
| 2 | Mark | 1,293 |
| 3 | Jeroen | 1,282 |
| 4 | Dennis | 1,196 |
| 5 | Jan | 1,136 |
| 6 | Michael | 1,021 |
| 7 | Danny | 895 |
| 8 | Bart | 830 |
| 9 | Martijn | 811 |
| 10 | Robert | 811 |
| 11 | Sander | 806 |
| 12 | Patrick | 803 |
| 13 | Hendrik | 777 |
| 14 | Peter | 776 |
| 15 | Maarten | 764 |
| 16 | Stefan | 745 |
| 17 | Daniël | 712 |
| 18 | Willem | 708 |
| 19 | Cornelis | 704 |
| 20 | Pieter | 679 |
| 21 | Niels | 669 |
| 22 | Thomas | 665 |
| 23 | Frank | 650 |
| 24 | Wouter | 633 |
| 25 | Roy | 618 |
| 26 | Paul | 608 |
| 27 | Erik | 598 |
| 28 | Richard | 579 |
| 29 | Tim | 568 |
| 30 | Jeffrey | 561 |
| 31 | Kevin | 537 |
| 32 | Michel | 518 |
| 33 | Gerrit | 514 |
| 34 | Rob | 499 |
| 35 | Tom | 495 |
| 36 | Marcel | 491 |
| 37 | Ronald | 491 |
| 38 | Remco | 468 |
| 39 | Johan | 454 |
| 40 | Alexander | 442 |
| 41 | Sebastiaan | 439 |
| 42 | Vincent | 428 |
| 43 | David | 418 |
| 44 | Joost | 416 |
| 45 | Petrus | 411 |
| 46 | Marco | 406 |
| 47 | Jasper | 405 |
| 48 | Bas | 394 |
| 49 | René | 387 |
| 50 | Dirk | 379 |