Māori Names
Explore names documented in Māori naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | 715#433 | Up 65 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | 1,281#269 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1958. | 56#2,961 | Down 742 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
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 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1963. | 20#6,022 | Up 764 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 63#2,730 | Up 382 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 23#4,485 | Up 482 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 38#3,875 | Up 831 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | —Unranked | — | 1964 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | 10#7,723 | Down 1,399 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2000. | 15#7,367 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | 14#6,410 | Up 5,469 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1885. | —Unranked | — | 1953 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004. | 6#11,344 | new | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | —Unranked | — | 1999 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2013. | 5#15,188 | new | 2013 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2012. | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
Documented Māori usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2024. | 6#13,318 | new | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2003. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Māori; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1961. | —Unranked | — | 1961 |
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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.