Birthday Party Name Generator

The best birthday party names combine the age with the theme. For kids, the age is usually a pun: Two Wild, Three Rex, Four Ever Young, Fast & Four-ious, Choo Choo I'm Two, One in a Melon, Winter Onederland. Milestone adult birthdays have their own established shorthand (Dirty Thirty, Flirty at Forty, Fabulous at Fifty, Over the Hill Hoedown), and the number stays in the name so the guest of honor is obvious from the invitation.

The second pattern is theme-first. A name like Dino Stomp & Chomp, Mad Hatter Tea Party, Great Gatsby Gala or Casino Royale Night tells guests the decor, the dress code and the playlist in three or four words. Food-and-drink pairings joined by an ampersand (Tacos & Tiaras, Pancakes & Pajamas, Boots & Bourbon) do the same job and double as a menu. Puns on cake and sweets (Donut Grow Up, Slice Slice Baby, Let Them Eat Cake) are a third staple because the cake is the one thing every birthday shares.

The names here cover first birthdays, toddler and tween themes, sweet sixteens, twenty-firsts, every milestone decade, and adult formats from brunches and bar crawls to murder mysteries and destination weekends. Pick the name first and let it set the colors, the cake and the hashtag.