🇳🇱 Most Popular Baby Names in the Netherlands (2024)
The Netherlands' Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) publishes annual baby name data from the national civil registry. Dutch naming preferences have shifted markedly over the past two decades toward international names — Noah, Liam, Emma, and Mia now dominate where traditional Dutch names like Wilhelmina, Cornelis, and Hendrik once stood. The Netherlands shows some of the strongest cross-border name convergence in Europe.
Data source: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS) · Year: 2024 · 30 girl names, 30 boy names
👧 Most Popular Girl Names in Netherlands (2024)
#1EmmaGermanic
Meaning: Whole, universal
Emma is a Germanic name that was popular among medieval queens and has remained a top choice across Europe and North America for over a century.
#2OliviaLatin
Meaning: Olive tree
Olivia was first popularised by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night and is now consistently ranked among the top girl's names in the English-speaking world.
#3MiaHebrewScandinavian
Meaning: Mine; wished-for child
Mia began as a Scandinavian pet form of Maria and has become an international favourite, topping charts from Norway to the United States.
#4SophiaGreek
Meaning: Wisdom
Sophia is a timeless Greek name meaning wisdom, carried by Byzantine empresses and saints, and one of the most popular girl's names globally.
#5LilyLatin
Meaning: Lily flower
#6SaraHebrew
Meaning: Princess
#7NoraLatinIrish
Meaning: Honour
Nora arose as a short form of Honora or Eleanor and has become an independently popular name across Ireland, Scandinavia and central Europe.
#8Tessa
#9JuliaLatin
Meaning: Youthful
Julia is the feminine form of the ancient Roman family name Julius and has been popular across Europe since the Renaissance.
#10LaraLatinGreek
Meaning: Protection, citadel
Lara is a short form of Larissa, of Greek origin, and gained international recognition through the character in Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago.
#11LenaGreekGermanic
Meaning: Bright, shining
Lena arose as a short form of Helena or Magdalena and has grown into a standalone name beloved throughout Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
#12AnnaHebrew
Meaning: Grace, favour
Anna is the Latinised form of the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace, and has been a royal name across Russia, Denmark, Austria and Britain.
#13Eva
#14Floor
#15Roos
#16Fenna
#17Bo
#18Femke
#19Iris
#20NinaHebrewSpanish
Meaning: Grace; little girl
#21LotteGermanicFrench
Meaning: Free woman
#22HannaHebrew
Meaning: Grace, favour
Hanna is the Scandinavian and German spelling of Hannah, meaning grace in Hebrew, and a steady top-ten name in Austria and Norway.
#23ElisaHebrew
Meaning: My God is an oath
#24LauraLatin
Meaning: Laurel
Laura was immortalised by the Italian poet Petrarch in the 14th century and remains a classic choice in Italy, Spain, Germany and beyond.
#25Jade
#26Nathalie
#27Amber
#28LisaHebrew
Meaning: My God is an oath
#29CharlotteGermanicFrench
Meaning: Free woman
Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, meaning free woman, and is a royal name borne by princesses in Britain, Sweden and Monaco.
#30Leila
👦 Most Popular Boy Names in Netherlands (2024)
#1NoahHebrew
Meaning: Rest, comfort
Noah is a Hebrew name meaning rest or comfort, famous as the biblical patriarch who built the ark, and the most popular boy's name across much of Europe.
#2LiamIrishGermanic
Meaning: Resolute protector
Liam is the Irish short form of William, meaning resolute protector, and has been the most popular boy's name in the USA and Canada for over a decade.
#3LucaLatinItalian
Meaning: Bringer of light
Luca is the Italian form of Luke, meaning bringer of light in Greek, and is among the most popular boy's names in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
#4Sem
#5OliverLatinNorse
Meaning: Olive tree
Oliver has Norse and Latin roots linked to the olive tree and ancestor-descendants, and has been the top boy's name in England and Wales for several years.
#6JamesHebrew
Meaning: Supplanter
James is the English form of the Late Latin Jacomus, derived from the Hebrew Jacob, meaning supplanter, and has been borne by six kings of Scotland.
#7LucasLatinGreek
Meaning: Bringer of light
Lucas is the Latin form of Luke, meaning bringer of light, and ranks highly across Europe and the Americas.
#8FinnIrishNorse
Meaning: Fair, white
Finn is an Irish and Norse name meaning fair or white and has become increasingly popular across northern Europe and North America.
#9Mats
#10ThomasAramaic
Meaning: Twin
#11Daan
#12Jesse
#13Bram
#14Sven
#15TimGreek
Meaning: Honouring God
#16LarsLatinScandinavian
Meaning: From Laurentum
#17Milan
#18Ruben
#19Joris
#20Tom
#21RobinGermanicEnglish
Meaning: Bright fame; robin bird
#22Boris
#23Pieter
#24Luuk
#25Thijs
#26Jasper
#27Niels
#28Koen
#29Rick
#30Arjan
Data: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Rankings reflect official birth registrations for 2024. Updated automatically from the national statistics registry. Browse all countries →