Anna, Daan most popular baby names in Netherlands last year

Daan and Anna were the most popular baby names in the Netherlands in 2016, social insurance bank SVB announced on Friday. A total of 681 boys were named Daan last year, and 665 girls were named Tess.

The most popular baby girl name in 2015, Emma, dropped to a very close second place last year. Tess tied for second place with Emma, both names given to 664 girls. 2015's third place Julia dropped to fifth place in 2016.

In 2015 Liam was the most popular name for boys. Last year it dropped down to 13th place. Noah was the second most popular boys name in 2016, followed by Sem. Sem was in second place in 2015 and Lucas was in third. Last year Lucas made it to 4th place. 

In 2016 a total of 172,780 babies were born in the Netherlands last year, 88,494 boys and 84,286 girls.

Here follows the top 10 girls and boys names in the Netherlands in 2016, with the number of kids given that name. The full lists can be seen here for girls and here for boys.

Top 10 girls names:

1. Anna - 655
2. Emma - 664
3. Tess - 664
4. Sophie - 644
5. Julia - 639
6. Zoe - 558
7. Evi - 557
8. Mila - 549
9. Sara - 534
10. Eva - 526

Top 10 boys names:

1. Daan - 681
2. Noah - 679
3. Sem - 663
4. Lucas - 651
5. Jesse - 645
6. Finn - 640
7. Milan - 630
8. Max - 617
9. Levi - 597
10. Luuk - 595