The most popular names recorded in 1987 were Maria for girls and Johannes for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,229 |
| 2 | Kim | 1,031 |
| 3 | Linda | 991 |
| 4 | Johanna | 966 |
| 5 | Sanne | 953 |
| 6 | Chantal | 760 |
| 7 | Laura | 745 |
| 8 | Esther | 743 |
| 9 | Anne | 696 |
| 10 | Wendy | 695 |
| 11 | Anna | 627 |
| 12 | Daniëlle | 614 |
| 13 | Joyce | 590 |
| 14 | Samantha | 585 |
| 15 | Suzanne | 567 |
| 16 | Elisabeth | 555 |
| 17 | Stephanie | 549 |
| 18 | Mandy | 531 |
| 19 | Denise | 527 |
| 20 | Nicole | 522 |
| 21 | Kelly | 489 |
| 22 | Sandra | 487 |
| 23 | Marieke | 469 |
| 24 | Nathalie | 459 |
| 25 | Inge | 431 |
| 26 | Michelle | 431 |
| 27 | Iris | 428 |
| 28 | Cornelia | 410 |
| 29 | Maaike | 410 |
| 30 | Marjolein | 402 |
| 31 | Marloes | 402 |
| 32 | Jessica | 400 |
| 33 | Anouk | 393 |
| 34 | Tamara | 392 |
| 35 | Charlotte | 390 |
| 36 | Rianne | 386 |
| 37 | Amanda | 380 |
| 38 | Mariska | 378 |
| 39 | Eva | 377 |
| 40 | Judith | 359 |
| 41 | Bianca | 353 |
| 42 | Ilse | 348 |
| 43 | Melissa | 345 |
| 44 | Sharon | 343 |
| 45 | Sabine | 334 |
| 46 | Ellen | 326 |
| 47 | Simone | 323 |
| 48 | Manon | 318 |
| 49 | Tessa | 317 |
| 50 | Catharina | 315 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes | 1,437 |
| 2 | Jeroen | 1,330 |
| 3 | Dennis | 1,203 |
| 4 | Mark | 1,149 |
| 5 | Kevin | 1,136 |
| 6 | Michael | 1,072 |
| 7 | Jan | 1,057 |
| 8 | Tim | 921 |
| 9 | Stefan | 913 |
| 10 | Sander | 876 |
| 11 | Martijn | 826 |
| 12 | Thomas | 817 |
| 13 | Bart | 780 |
| 14 | Patrick | 770 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 751 |
| 16 | Roy | 748 |
| 17 | Maarten | 720 |
| 18 | Niels | 717 |
| 19 | Robert | 717 |
| 20 | Robin | 716 |
| 21 | Willem | 680 |
| 22 | Hendrik | 672 |
| 23 | Cornelis | 661 |
| 24 | Frank | 659 |
| 25 | Peter | 639 |
| 26 | Daniël | 637 |
| 27 | Danny | 637 |
| 28 | Rick | 627 |
| 29 | Erik | 626 |
| 30 | Wouter | 615 |
| 31 | Pieter | 611 |
| 32 | Richard | 611 |
| 33 | Tom | 601 |
| 34 | Wesley | 554 |
| 35 | Michel | 500 |
| 36 | Nick | 494 |
| 37 | Remco | 477 |
| 38 | Paul | 476 |
| 39 | Jasper | 472 |
| 40 | Vincent | 458 |
| 41 | Sebastiaan | 437 |
| 42 | Rob | 432 |
| 43 | Marco | 422 |
| 44 | Gerrit | 414 |
| 45 | Alexander | 407 |
| 46 | René | 406 |
| 47 | David | 404 |
| 48 | Ricardo | 396 |
| 49 | Ruben | 393 |
| 50 | Michiel | 392 |