There are 327 Dutch names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Dutch names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2009 with a rank of #4 and a usage of 0.86%. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese Andre, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, and the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, Alfred. The unusual Dutch names are Aart (Dutch), Ab (English and Dutch), Abe (English and Dutch), Ad (English and Dutch), Adelbert (Dutch, English, and German), Adriaan (Dutch), Adriaen (Dutch), Adrianus (Dutch), Alfons (Dutch, German, and Polish), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Alwin (English, German, Portuguese, and Dutch), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Ambrosius (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), and Andreas (Dutch, German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Welsh).
Dutch names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1960, 9.709% of baby boys were given Dutch names. There were 42 Dutch names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Dutch names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2009, 30 Dutch names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.514%. Within all Dutch names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9952%.
