Top Names of 1996

The most popular names recorded in 1996 were Laura for girls and Tim for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Laura1,152
2Lisa987
3Sanne960
4Anne953
5Iris815
6Demi694
7Maria667
8Michelle658
9Kim634
10Romy619
11Anouk602
12Melissa599
13Naomi599
14Anna595
15Lotte595
16Amber592
17Eva567
18Tessa550
19Johanna527
20Daphne520
21Manon475
22Charlotte466
23Eline466
24Denise465
25Celine464
26Kelly451
27Esmรฉe447
28Lisanne443
29Femke442
30Emma433
31Jessica426
32Julia406
33Sharon393
34Daniรซlle390
35Maaike371
36Britt366
37Esther364
38Sophie360
39Merel358
40Nina356
41Vera351
42Robin348
43Mandy346
44Suzanne336
45Chantal326
46Danique314
47Melanie314
48Simone310
49Joyce306
50Sarah305

Boys

#NameBabies
1Tim1,129
2Thomas1,126
3Kevin1,014
4Jeroen832
5Rick811
6Johannes807
7Lars748
8Mike744
9Robin730
10Niels729
11Tom724
12Dennis723
13Nick718
14Bart683
15Jan683
16Max678
17Sander678
18Martijn667
19Daan665
20Jordy649
21Daniรซl639
22Mark634
23Bas631
24Jesse600
25Jeffrey593
26Ruben578
27Koen559
28Bram552
29Stefan547
30Jasper535
31Willem535
32Patrick528
33Wouter525
34Jelle517
35Michael492
36Roy490
37Thijs489
38David466
39Wesley456
40Cornelis449
41Jordi441
42Danny435
43Maarten435
44Pieter432
45Stan422
46Hendrik418
47Joey406
48Stijn395
49Luuk392
50Youri372