American Name Generator

About This American Name

American Name

About the American Name Generator

The American Name Generator creates American-style first and last names you can use for characters, placeholders, or quick brainstorming.

Each roll returns a realistic full name in a familiar First Last format, plus a few optional descriptors (gender, region vibe, style, and length) to help you pick the right fit.

Click Generate Another to reroll, or keep spinning until you find something that feels right.

Best For

Writers naming American characters
Game devs and tabletop RPG campaigns
Mock data, examples, and placeholder identities (non-real)

Output Format

Full name: First Last
Optional descriptors: Gender, Region, Style, Name Length

200 Sample American Names

#	Full Name	Gender	Region	Style	Name Length
1	Leann Cherry	Male	South	Classic	Medium
2	Zane Arias	Unisex	Midwest	Southern	Short
3	Trenton Carson	Female	West	Classic	Short
4	Michelle Lowe	Female	South	Urban	Long
5	Malcolm Roman	Female	Midwest	Old-school	Medium
6	Glenna Law	Male	West	Southern	Long
7	Aura Ruiz	Male	Any	Modern	Long
8	Taryn McCarthy	Unisex	Northeast	Southern	Long
9	Alana Burkett	Female	West	Urban	Long
10	Antwan Keen	Male	South	Urban	Medium
11	Jillian Abernathy	Male	South	Modern	Long
12	Clarice Goodrich	Female	South	Urban	Short
13	Rodrick Steele	Female	Northeast	Urban	Short
14	Lolita Quintana	Male	South	Modern	Long
15	Kurtis Spicer	Female	Northeast	Southern	Short
16	Sunny Mercado	Unisex	West	Modern	Short
17	Omar Pereira	Unisex	Northeast	Urban	Medium
18	Pearline Dick	Female	Northeast	Modern	Long
19	Preston Finch	Male	Midwest	Western	Short
20	Alberta Dillon	Female	Any	Classic	Medium
21	Jorge Mathews	Unisex	South	Modern	Long
22	Ginny Martin	Unisex	West	Modern	Long
23	Louisa Stokes	Male	West	Urban	Short
24	Lottie Vick	Male	South	Western	Long
25	Lucila Payne	Male	South	Old-school	Medium
26	Rowena Jamison	Male	Any	Old-school	Long
27	Reid Crockett	Unisex	Northeast	Modern	Short
28	Fanny Wallace	Unisex	South	Old-school	Long
29	Francine Terry	Female	West	Urban	Long
30	Ahmad Delong	Male	South	Southern	Medium
31	Vern Hightower	Unisex	Midwest	Western	Short
32	Wendi Haines	Male	Northeast	Classic	Medium
33	Marcelino Schulz	Male	Midwest	Modern	Short
34	Shiela Quintana	Unisex	Midwest	Modern	Medium
35	Dick Price	Unisex	Midwest	Classic	Long
36	Santiago Evans	Unisex	Midwest	Modern	Long
37	Sanford Rasmussen	Female	Northeast	Modern	Medium
38	Pearlie Pierce	Female	South	Old-school	Medium
39	Earlene Lowry	Unisex	Midwest	Modern	Medium
40	Cesar Fletcher	Male	Northeast	Southern	Short
41	Geneva Meade	Male	Any	Classic	Medium
42	Jason Cardenas	Male	Midwest	Southern	Medium
43	Angelica Shelton	Male	Any	Modern	Short
44	Annemarie Joyner	Male	Northeast	Modern	Short
45	Lazaro Starnes	Male	Midwest	Urban	Medium
46	Adrian Donnelly	Male	Northeast	Western	Short
47	Josef Clemons	Unisex	West	Classic	Long
48	Judith Yoder	Unisex	Midwest	Western	Medium
49	Bridgette Granger	Unisex	West	Urban	Long
50	Garland Ashley	Female	Midwest	Old-school	Medium
51	Jasmin Allred	Male	Midwest	Urban	Short
52	Cory Walters	Male	Northeast	Modern	Medium
53	Bryon Dickey	Female	Any	Classic	Medium
54	Valarie Pearson	Female	Any	Urban	Short
55	Sylvester Hanson	Male	West	Old-school	Medium
56	Roscoe Beard	Unisex	Northeast	Urban	Long
57	Galen Harmon	Female	Northeast	Western	Short
58	Mia Beck	Unisex	Northeast	Southern	Medium
59	Royal Myles	Unisex	West	Western	Medium
60	Precious Conway	Unisex	South	Urban	Long
61	Ivette Oakes	Unisex	Northeast	Southern	Medium
62	Anibal Ali	Male	Northeast	Urban	Medium
63	Judith Larson	Female	West	Southern	Long
64	Aurora Ortega	Male	Northeast	Classic	Long
65	Terrence Friedman	Male	South	Western	Short
66	Tara Lewis	Female	Any	Urban	Short
67	Ramon Foley	Male	Northeast	Southern	Short
68	Efren Jacobson	Male	Northeast	Classic	Medium
69	Winnie Herring	Female	South	Modern	Long
70	Marcy Fuentes	Female	South	Old-school	Medium
71	Tabatha Crowell	Male	Midwest	Modern	Medium
72	Janette Rutherford	Female	Northeast	Classic	Medium
73	Earnest Reese	Unisex	Midwest	Southern	Long
74	Tom Paulson	Male	Midwest	Old-school	Short
75	Polly McManus	Male	Any	Classic	Medium
76	Lara Romano	Female	West	Modern	Medium
77	Sasha Carson	Unisex	West	Modern	Long
78	Natasha Neff	Female	West	Southern	Long
79	Judson Hargrove	Female	South	Western	Medium
80	Cora Bishop	Male	South	Southern	Long
81	Blanche Brady	Male	Any	Modern	Long
82	Jessica Donaldson	Female	Any	Urban	Short
83	Glenda Barrera	Male	Any	Western	Short
84	Matt Diggs	Unisex	Northeast	Southern	Long
85	Roseann Lott	Unisex	West	Urban	Short
86	Doris Gordon	Male	West	Classic	Medium
87	Vernice Duran	Female	Northeast	Classic	Short
88	Olivia Mims	Male	Northeast	Modern	Medium
89	Ma Shoemaker	Male	Northeast	Modern	Long
90	Billie Vernon	Female	Midwest	Modern	Long
91	Evelyn Alston	Unisex	South	Classic	Long
92	Vera Sykes	Male	Midwest	Classic	Short
93	Rigoberto Vincent	Female	West	Southern	Long
94	Cecile Leal	Male	West	Old-school	Medium
95	Alyce Flowers	Female	Any	Urban	Medium
96	Jocelyn Herring	Male	Midwest	Modern	Short
97	Wilburn Dodson	Unisex	Midwest	Old-school	Long
98	Steven Marrero	Unisex	South	Modern	Long
99	Myrna Jewell	Unisex	Any	Western	Long
100	Nellie Boudreaux	Female	South	Urban	Medium
101	Herschel Negron	Unisex	South	Old-school	Long
102	Carmelo Ham	Unisex	Midwest	Classic	Short
103	Lori Quintero	Unisex	Any	Southern	Short
104	Penelope Devine	Male	West	Classic	Short
105	Augustus Franco	Unisex	Midwest	Old-school	Long
106	Sophie Muller	Female	Midwest	Modern	Long
107	Jeri Wilson	Female	Northeast	Old-school	Long
108	Cornelius Bland	Female	Northeast	Old-school	Medium
109	Lorine Tyler	Female	South	Old-school	Short
110	David Springer	Male	South	Old-school	Short
111	Sheryl Boston	Female	West	Western	Long
112	Emery Goss	Unisex	West	Southern	Long
113	Madelyn Chacon	Unisex	West	Southern	Short
114	Valentin Bruce	Male	Midwest	Modern	Short
115	Milagros Holcomb	Female	Northeast	Classic	Medium
116	Viviana Law	Female	Midwest	Urban	Short
117	Carla Lindsey	Unisex	Northeast	Urban	Long
118	Martin Meyer	Female	Midwest	Western	Short
119	Mae Knight	Male	South	Southern	Long
120	Marnie Ward	Unisex	Northeast	Urban	Long
121	Clinton Vaughan	Unisex	Midwest	Modern	Short
122	Myrtle McMillan	Female	Any	Urban	Short
123	Roselyn Phipps	Female	Midwest	Western	Long
124	Latosha Bullock	Female	Northeast	Southern	Short
125	Garth Woodson	Female	South	Western	Long
126	Rufus Vera	Male	West	Southern	Short
127	Callie Sampson	Unisex	Northeast	Modern	Medium
128	Nestor Combs	Male	Midwest	Urban	Short
129	Francesca Gentry	Unisex	Midwest	Old-school	Long
130	Demetrius Maher	Male	Northeast	Classic	Short
131	Antoine Light	Unisex	Northeast	Western	Short
132	Savannah Keene	Unisex	Any	Western	Medium
133	Frieda Holder	Unisex	Northeast	Modern	Long
134	Hellen Tilley	Male	Any	Modern	Short
135	Trenton Best	Unisex	West	Modern	Short
136	Angela Greer	Unisex	West	Southern	Long
137	Rhonda McFadden	Male	Northeast	Southern	Short
138	Lissette Darby	Unisex	Northeast	Old-school	Short
139	Keisha Goodwin	Unisex	West	Southern	Medium
140	Edythe Worley	Male	Midwest	Urban	Medium
141	Renae Bullard	Unisex	South	Old-school	Short
142	Maxwell Grant	Female	Any	Southern	Long
143	Luanne Collier	Male	West	Old-school	Medium
144	Hollie Dailey	Male	Any	Southern	Medium
145	Nicholas Dean	Male	West	Old-school	Medium
146	Angelica Nadeau	Unisex	Midwest	Urban	Medium
147	Bess Hunt	Female	Northeast	Urban	Short
148	Dianna Albright	Male	Midwest	Modern	Short
149	Kenneth Grace	Unisex	Northeast	Modern	Long
150	Tatiana Christian	Male	Midwest	Southern	Medium
151	Roger Nix	Female	Midwest	Western	Short
152	Maryann Wilder	Female	Midwest	Modern	Short
153	Kathryn Valdez	Male	Any	Western	Medium
154	Monte Welsh	Female	West	Old-school	Medium
155	Brent Petty	Unisex	South	Southern	Long
156	Clifford Griffin	Male	Any	Classic	Long
157	Raquel Stinson	Female	Any	Old-school	Long
158	Chauncey Pike	Male	West	Modern	Long
159	Pearl Walsh	Male	West	Southern	Medium
160	Chasity Cruz	Unisex	Midwest	Southern	Short
161	Allyson Figueroa	Unisex	Northeast	Classic	Short
162	Shelton Welch	Unisex	South	Western	Short
163	Demetria Mack	Male	West	Modern	Medium
164	Emma Wyatt	Male	South	Classic	Long
165	Janelle Holmes	Male	Northeast	Old-school	Medium
166	Collette Kiser	Female	South	Old-school	Medium
167	Reid Langston	Female	Midwest	Urban	Short
168	Violeta McGee	Male	Any	Old-school	Medium
169	Tabitha Willard	Unisex	West	Southern	Medium
170	Romona Pierce	Unisex	South	Urban	Short
171	Dexter Dickens	Female	Any	Southern	Long
172	Vicente Granger	Male	West	Western	Medium
173	Curt Santiago	Male	West	Old-school	Long
174	Karol Snyder	Female	Any	Urban	Medium
175	Eddie Gee	Unisex	West	Urban	Medium
176	Gisela McKinley	Male	West	Classic	Long
177	Isabelle Salazar	Female	South	Classic	Medium
178	Winifred Kincaid	Female	Northeast	Western	Medium
179	Keven Sterling	Female	Northeast	Old-school	Short
180	Bobbie Walls	Male	Northeast	Urban	Medium
181	Andre Huddleston	Unisex	Northeast	Classic	Short
182	Raquel Lockett	Unisex	South	Modern	Short
183	Nona Goodman	Female	Northeast	Southern	Long
184	Mae Todd	Male	Northeast	Modern	Short
185	Conrad Haynes	Male	South	Urban	Short
186	Celestine Billings	Male	Any	Classic	Short
187	Tamela Bragg	Female	Midwest	Western	Medium
188	Juan Roberson	Female	Midwest	Southern	Short
189	Janine Bouchard	Female	Northeast	Old-school	Medium
190	Roosevelt McDonough	Male	South	Urban	Short
191	Amado Hilton	Male	West	Southern	Medium
192	Sasha Biggs	Female	South	Old-school	Long
193	Matt McNally	Female	Midwest	Old-school	Medium
194	Jefferson Shultz	Unisex	West	Old-school	Medium
195	Cole Coulter	Male	West	Classic	Medium
196	Sasha Richmond	Unisex	Any	Classic	Medium
197	Stephanie Pacheco	Male	Northeast	Western	Long
198	Clyde Mata	Female	Northeast	Modern	Medium
199	Lorie Perez	Female	Midwest	Urban	Medium
200	Patsy Reaves	Unisex	Midwest	Southern	Long

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Names and Other Fictional Works

Most of the names created through the generators are completely unique, and you are free to use them in your own stuff. Some of the names or subjects might be sourced from video games, movies, tv, or other sources and are the respective property of those works.

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