Māori Girl Names

Explore names documented in Māori naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Name & connection	Babies 2025 · rank	5-year rank movement	Peak year
Ana Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.	1,276#245	Down 1 rank positions in five years	1991
Kara Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1896.	226#1,075	Down 403 rank positions in five years	1991
Tia Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1944.	98#1,980	Down 624 rank positions in five years	1982
Kaia Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1955.	1,618#193	Up 107 rank positions in five years	2024
Maia Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950.	715#433	Up 65 rank positions in five years	2022
Hana Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912.	436#658	Up 98 rank positions in five years	2025
Kora Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1942.	603#491	Down 2 rank positions in five years	2022
Amaia Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993.	547#555	Up 10 rank positions in five years	2025
Ani Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1958.	56#2,961	Down 742 rank positions in five years	2007
Meri Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1917.	9#10,628	Up 1,154 rank positions in five years	1961
Mei Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1947.	117#1,744	Up 875 rank positions in five years	2025
Moana Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1941.	35#4,140	Down 875 rank positions in five years	2017
Kiri Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1963.	20#6,022	Up 764 rank positions in five years	1984
Hera Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970.	63#2,730	Up 382 rank positions in five years	2025
Koa Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979.	132#1,588	Up 1,361 rank positions in five years	2024
Mahina Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974.	38#3,875	Up 831 rank positions in five years	2022
Aaria Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2001.	25#5,098	Down 1,760 rank positions in five years	2018
Ruta Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950.	—Unranked	—	1964
Manaia Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2000.	15#7,367	Up 68 rank positions in five years	2015
Mata Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1885.	—Unranked	—	1953
Aroha Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2013.	5#15,188	new	2013
Anahera Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2024.	6#13,318	new	2024
Rutu Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998.	—Unranked	—	1998
Miriama Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006.	—Unranked	—	2006

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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