The most popular names recorded in 2006 were Sophie for girls and Sem for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | 769 |
| 2 | Sanne | 734 |
| 3 | Lisa | 685 |
| 4 | Anna | 663 |
| 5 | Julia | 657 |
| 6 | Emma | 648 |
| 7 | Lieke | 646 |
| 8 | Fleur | 632 |
| 9 | Lotte | 631 |
| 10 | Eva | 617 |
| 11 | Iris | 606 |
| 12 | Anne | 596 |
| 13 | Anouk | 596 |
| 14 | Isa | 580 |
| 15 | Femke | 574 |
| 16 | Noa | 547 |
| 17 | Esmee | 525 |
| 18 | Roos | 516 |
| 19 | Britt | 513 |
| 20 | Amber | 498 |
| 21 | Maud | 473 |
| 22 | Marit | 466 |
| 23 | Sara | 445 |
| 24 | Laura | 433 |
| 25 | Jasmijn | 431 |
| 26 | Naomi | 431 |
| 27 | Tess | 424 |
| 28 | Tessa | 420 |
| 29 | Floor | 417 |
| 30 | Sarah | 396 |
| 31 | Luna | 383 |
| 32 | Zoë | 376 |
| 33 | Merel | 373 |
| 34 | Demi | 372 |
| 35 | Eline | 370 |
| 36 | Lynn | 367 |
| 37 | Nienke | 358 |
| 38 | Maria | 348 |
| 39 | Nina | 348 |
| 40 | Indy | 339 |
| 41 | Amy | 337 |
| 42 | Nikki | 337 |
| 43 | Romy | 321 |
| 44 | Meike | 319 |
| 45 | Kim | 312 |
| 46 | Senna | 308 |
| 47 | Sofie | 306 |
| 48 | Myrthe | 297 |
| 49 | Sterre | 297 |
| 50 | Ilse | 294 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sem | 949 |
| 2 | Daan | 911 |
| 3 | Thomas | 835 |
| 4 | Lars | 825 |
| 5 | Milan | 823 |
| 6 | Tim | 806 |
| 7 | Thijs | 804 |
| 8 | Jesse | 778 |
| 9 | Lucas | 741 |
| 10 | Sven | 673 |
| 11 | Stijn | 666 |
| 12 | Ruben | 655 |
| 13 | Bram | 610 |
| 14 | Luuk | 587 |
| 15 | Max | 583 |
| 16 | Daniël | 561 |
| 17 | Finn | 550 |
| 18 | Niels | 515 |
| 19 | Jan | 497 |
| 20 | Tom | 495 |
| 21 | Nick | 494 |
| 22 | Julian | 466 |
| 23 | Sam | 462 |
| 24 | Luca | 461 |
| 25 | Jasper | 454 |
| 26 | Jayden | 448 |
| 27 | Bas | 438 |
| 28 | Koen | 427 |
| 29 | Tijn | 404 |
| 30 | Gijs | 403 |
| 31 | Floris | 387 |
| 32 | Robin | 385 |
| 33 | Dylan | 382 |
| 34 | Mike | 371 |
| 35 | Ryan | 368 |
| 36 | Jelle | 360 |
| 37 | Rick | 359 |
| 38 | David | 357 |
| 39 | Willem | 357 |
| 40 | Levi | 356 |
| 41 | Johannes | 355 |
| 42 | Tygo | 355 |
| 43 | Cas | 354 |
| 44 | Thijmen | 353 |
| 45 | Jens | 352 |
| 46 | Stan | 352 |
| 47 | Damian | 336 |
| 48 | Justin | 335 |
| 49 | Teun | 335 |
| 50 | Timo | 331 |