The most popular names recorded in 1990 were Maria for girls and Kevin for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria | 1,077 |
| 2 | Laura | 955 |
| 3 | Anne | 914 |
| 4 | Sanne | 858 |
| 5 | Johanna | 812 |
| 6 | Kim | 786 |
| 7 | Michelle | 715 |
| 8 | Linda | 704 |
| 9 | Mandy | 693 |
| 10 | Chantal | 673 |
| 11 | Anna | 620 |
| 12 | Stephanie | 620 |
| 13 | Iris | 619 |
| 14 | Kelly | 604 |
| 15 | Samantha | 601 |
| 16 | Daniëlle | 586 |
| 17 | Denise | 573 |
| 18 | Esther | 570 |
| 19 | Manon | 567 |
| 20 | Joyce | 563 |
| 21 | Anouk | 545 |
| 22 | Lisa | 541 |
| 23 | Suzanne | 534 |
| 24 | Sharon | 533 |
| 25 | Melissa | 522 |
| 26 | Elisabeth | 493 |
| 27 | Wendy | 481 |
| 28 | Kimberley | 478 |
| 29 | Lisanne | 452 |
| 30 | Eva | 448 |
| 31 | Jessica | 440 |
| 32 | Simone | 435 |
| 33 | Nicole | 419 |
| 34 | Charlotte | 406 |
| 35 | Marloes | 401 |
| 36 | Ilse | 396 |
| 37 | Tamara | 389 |
| 38 | Lotte | 379 |
| 39 | Melanie | 377 |
| 40 | Maaike | 376 |
| 41 | Inge | 373 |
| 42 | Tessa | 370 |
| 43 | Marjolein | 364 |
| 44 | Nathalie | 362 |
| 45 | Cornelia | 338 |
| 46 | Daphne | 337 |
| 47 | Rianne | 337 |
| 48 | Merel | 334 |
| 49 | Eline | 332 |
| 50 | Marieke | 318 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin | 1,274 |
| 2 | Johannes | 1,230 |
| 3 | Jeroen | 1,154 |
| 4 | Thomas | 1,097 |
| 5 | Tim | 1,042 |
| 6 | Mark | 1,005 |
| 7 | Michael | 1,002 |
| 8 | Jan | 953 |
| 9 | Dennis | 896 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 896 |
| 11 | Roy | 871 |
| 12 | Stefan | 869 |
| 13 | Robin | 863 |
| 14 | Nick | 857 |
| 15 | Rick | 829 |
| 16 | Martijn | 808 |
| 17 | Niels | 807 |
| 18 | Tom | 799 |
| 19 | Patrick | 786 |
| 20 | Bart | 768 |
| 21 | Wesley | 738 |
| 22 | Sander | 737 |
| 23 | Wouter | 684 |
| 24 | Daniël | 674 |
| 25 | Mike | 671 |
| 26 | Willem | 631 |
| 27 | Cornelis | 615 |
| 28 | Jasper | 611 |
| 29 | Hendrik | 589 |
| 30 | Bas | 548 |
| 31 | Robert | 543 |
| 32 | Maarten | 542 |
| 33 | Danny | 537 |
| 34 | Koen | 530 |
| 35 | Pieter | 523 |
| 36 | Ricardo | 501 |
| 37 | Peter | 498 |
| 38 | Richard | 483 |
| 39 | Frank | 475 |
| 40 | Ruben | 469 |
| 41 | Vincent | 456 |
| 42 | Marco | 449 |
| 43 | Erik | 447 |
| 44 | Joost | 443 |
| 45 | Alexander | 438 |
| 46 | Joey | 431 |
| 47 | Sebastiaan | 419 |
| 48 | Remco | 415 |
| 49 | Maikel | 403 |
| 50 | Jordy | 401 |