The most popular names recorded in 1985 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,432 |
| 2 | Linda | 1,353 |
| 3 | Johanna | 1,125 |
| 4 | Kim | 956 |
| 5 | Sanne | 779 |
| 6 | Daniëlle | 736 |
| 7 | Wendy | 735 |
| 8 | Chantal | 677 |
| 9 | Esther | 647 |
| 10 | Anna | 646 |
| 11 | Joyce | 623 |
| 12 | Laura | 623 |
| 13 | Suzanne | 609 |
| 14 | Elisabeth | 551 |
| 15 | Marieke | 550 |
| 16 | Sandra | 520 |
| 17 | Nicole | 508 |
| 18 | Anne | 455 |
| 19 | Bianca | 455 |
| 20 | Eva | 434 |
| 21 | Cornelia | 433 |
| 22 | Marjolein | 426 |
| 23 | Ilse | 420 |
| 24 | Maaike | 414 |
| 25 | Inge | 409 |
| 26 | Patricia | 402 |
| 27 | Judith | 400 |
| 28 | Ellen | 393 |
| 29 | Marloes | 393 |
| 30 | Jessica | 391 |
| 31 | Monique | 391 |
| 32 | Kelly | 388 |
| 33 | Tamara | 385 |
| 34 | Leonie | 384 |
| 35 | Nathalie | 380 |
| 36 | Rianne | 369 |
| 37 | Stephanie | 368 |
| 38 | Mariska | 351 |
| 39 | Priscilla | 347 |
| 40 | Saskia | 345 |
| 41 | Miranda | 340 |
| 42 | Sabine | 339 |
| 43 | Karin | 333 |
| 44 | Janneke | 330 |
| 45 | Michelle | 321 |
| 46 | Charlotte | 316 |
| 47 | Catharina | 315 |
| 48 | Yvonne | 313 |
| 49 | Femke | 311 |
| 50 | Angela | 305 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,681 |
| 2 | Dennis | 1,188 |
| 3 | Jan | 1,181 |
| 4 | Mark | 1,178 |
| 5 | Jeroen | 1,143 |
| 6 | Michael | 1,023 |
| 7 | Sander | 881 |
| 8 | Bart | 858 |
| 9 | Stefan | 832 |
| 10 | Martijn | 828 |
| 11 | Danny | 808 |
| 12 | Thomas | 765 |
| 13 | Patrick | 742 |
| 14 | Hendrik | 741 |
| 15 | Robert | 739 |
| 16 | Maarten | 726 |
| 17 | Roy | 724 |
| 18 | Peter | 722 |
| 19 | Daniël | 716 |
| 20 | Willem | 714 |
| 21 | Kevin | 711 |
| 22 | Cornelis | 696 |
| 23 | Pieter | 692 |
| 24 | Frank | 690 |
| 25 | Tim | 674 |
| 26 | Jeffrey | 656 |
| 27 | Erik | 649 |
| 28 | Richard | 620 |
| 29 | Wouter | 616 |
| 30 | Niels | 611 |
| 31 | Paul | 582 |
| 32 | Michel | 507 |
| 33 | Tom | 485 |
| 34 | Gerrit | 479 |
| 35 | Vincent | 474 |
| 36 | Wesley | 457 |
| 37 | Sebastiaan | 452 |
| 38 | Rob | 447 |
| 39 | Rick | 439 |
| 40 | Remco | 437 |
| 41 | Marcel | 429 |
| 42 | Robin | 419 |
| 43 | Dirk | 407 |
| 44 | Joost | 405 |
| 45 | Alexander | 404 |
| 46 | David | 400 |
| 47 | Petrus | 399 |
| 48 | Ronald | 399 |
| 49 | Johan | 395 |
| 50 | René | 394 |