In NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) systems, the Internet of Things (IoT) terminals should decode Downlink Control Information (DCI) quickly to receive resource allocation and scheduling information of the data channel correctly. Therefore, a low complexity Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel (NPDCCH) blind detection algorithm using correlation detection was proposed for NPDCCH with search space size being greater than or equal to 32. By employing two correlation judgments on the data in a possible minimum repetition transmission unit of NPDCCH, the invalid data in searching space was removed to reduce the computation complexity. Then, the repetition periods with the valid data were combined and decoded to improve the blind detection performance. Finally, theoretical and simulation analysis of two correlation thresholds used in correlation detection were carried out. Results show that compared with conventional exhaustive blind detection algorithm, the decoding complexity of the proposed algorithm is reduced by at least 75% and the detection performance gain is increased by 2.5 dB to 3.5 dB. The proposed algorithm is more beneficial for engineering practice.