Canadian & American Random Name Table

Canadian & American Random Name Table

A quick way to generate realistic names for NPCs from Canada or the USA. It was for a game where the USA had invaded Canada, and the player characters formed some sort of resistance in Northern Ontario. These are the most popular given names for births between around 1985 and 1993, which captured the age range of everyone playing. Most of our legal names could be generated by the table, so I count that a success. I’m less sure about where I gathered the American name data, but it should be for around the same age range.

French Canadian Name Table

 1d20 RollFemale First NameMale First NameSurname
1EmmaThomasTremblay
2LeaWilliamGagnon
3OliviaJacobRoy
4AliceLiamCote
5FlorenceFelixGauthier
6ZoeNathanMorin
7ChloeSamuelBelanger
8BeatriceLoganBouchard
9CharlotteAlexisPelletier
10RosalieNoahGagne
11EvaOliverLavoie
12JulietteRaphaelFortin
13SofiaGabrielLevesque
14JadeEmileBoucher
15CamilleLeoBergeron
16VictoriaCharlesSimard
17MiaAntoineCaron
18CharlieBenjaminGirard
19RomyAdamLeblanc
20LaurenceEdouardOuellet

English Canadian Name Table

1d20 RollFemale First NameMale First NameSurname
1JenniferMichaelSmith
2SarahChristopherBrown
3AmandaRyanJohnson
4MelissaDavidWilson
5LisaJasonAnderson
6MichelleRobertJones
7NicoleMatthewTaylor
8ErinJamesWilliams
9JessicaDanielCampbell
10AngelaKevinMacDonald
11HeatherJustinMiller
12AndreaAndrewMartin
13KimberlyJeffreyYoung
14ShannonJohnThompson
15LauraStevenWhite
16ChristinaJeremyRobinson
17CrystalTylerMoore
18AmyAdamClark
19StephanieScottMitchell
20TaraRichardWalker

American Name Table

1d20 RollFemale First NameMale First NameSurname
1MaryJamesSmith
2PatriciaJohnJohnson
3JenniferRobertWilliams
4ElizabethMichaelBrown
5LindaWilliamJones
6BarbaraDavidMiller
7SusanRichardDavis
8JessicaJosephGarcia
9MargaretThomasRodriguez
10SarahCharlesWilson
11KarenChristopherMartinez
12NancyDanielAnderson
13BettyMatthewTaylor
14LisaAnthonyThomas
15DorothyDonaldHernandez
16SandraMarkMoore
17AshleyPaulMartin
18KimberlyStevenJackson
19DonnaAndrewThompson
20CarolKennethWhite

2 Replies to “Canadian & American Random Name Table”

    1. I picked through some census data to make it, then my players promptly killed everyone before they could be named.

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