Raider Gang Name Generator

Wasteland gang names for raiders, marauders and warbands

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Generate raider gang names for post-apocalyptic games, Fallout and Mad Max style settings, tabletop campaigns and fiction: junk and machinery gangs, chem and rad cults, animal packs, boss-led outfits, road warlords and single-word crews like The Scorched.

About raider gang names

A raider gang name has one job: to be shouted, spray-painted on an overpass and remembered by the settlers who survive it. The models are Fallout's Rust Devils, Forged, Disciples and Blood Eagles, Mad Max's War Boys and Buzzards. Almost all of them follow the same recipe, which is one concrete wasteland noun (rust, ash, scrap, slag, rebar, gasoline, marrow) plus a group word that tells you how the gang sees itself: Boys and Crew for a loose outfit, Kings and Lords for a gang that taxes a road, Sons and Disciples for one that has turned into a cult.

The flavor comes from what the gang is built around. Machinery gangs (Piston Heads, Crankshaft Clan) raid for parts; chem and rad gangs (Glow Dogs, Geiger Gang, Jet Set Raiders) are twitchy and desperate; animal packs (Overpass Hyenas, Saltwater Jackals) hunt; cannibal outfits (The Gristle Gang, Butcher's Bill) exist to frighten; and boss-led gangs (Knuckles' Boys, Queen Maggot's Court) die with their leader. Single-word names such as The Scorched or The Hollowed suit older, quieter gangs that no longer need to explain themselves.

The list mixes a few canonical gangs with hundreds of originals across all of these themes, so you can pull a region's worth of rival crews that sound like they share a wasteland.

How to choose raider gang names

  • Pick the group word to match the gang's size and age. A dozen scavengers are Boys, a Crew or a Mob; a gang that holds territory becomes Kings, Lords or Barons; a gang that has been around long enough to have rituals becomes Sons, Disciples, a Church or a Clan.
  • Name rival gangs from different themes so players can tell them apart at a glance: a machinery gang, a chem gang, an animal gang and a cult in the same region read as four cultures rather than four lists of tough words.
  • A possessive name (Mad Dog's Crew, Old Gristle's Gang) tells everyone the gang falls apart when the boss dies, which is a plot hook; a place name (Greywater Gang, Deadfall Pass Gang) tells them where the ambush will be.
  • For Fallout-style settings keep names one to three words and ugly; for Mad Max-style settings lean on engines, chrome and sun (Cult of the V8, Chrome Teeth, Orange Sky Raiders) and let the gang have a look that matches.
  • Say the name out loud as a threat and as graffiti. If it does not work shouted across a scrapyard or sprayed on a tanker truck, shorten it.

Frequently asked questions

Which raider gangs in this list are from Fallout or Mad Max?

The Rust Devils, Forged, Disciples, Operators, Pack, Fiends, Great Khans, Cutthroats, Gunners, Blood Eagles and Tunnel Snakes are from the Fallout games, and War Boys, Buzzards, Rock Riders and Cult of the V8 come from Mad Max: Fury Road. Everything else is original, written to sit alongside them.

How do I make a raider gang name sound less generic?

Replace the abstract word with a specific object. Death Riders is generic; Tire Iron Boys, Bottlecap Bandits and Broken Axle Gang are not, because they name something the gang actually owns or does. Pairing a body word with a tool word (Meat Hook Mob, Bone Saw Brotherhood) is the quickest way to get the right register.

Can I use these for a Fallout mod, a Rust or DayZ clan, or a D&D wasteland campaign?

Yes. The original names are free to use for mods, server clans, Fallout 2d20 or Mutant: Year Zero campaigns, and fiction. Canonical names belong to their publishers and are best kept to fan works, and for a public clan tag check that another group on the same server is not already using the name.

What is the difference between a raider gang and a raider tribe or cult?

In most wasteland fiction a gang is an opportunistic crew held together by a boss and loot; a tribe has a shared origin and customs and often a place name; a cult has a belief, usually about the bomb, the road or the engine. The naming follows: gangs take Boys, Crew, Kings or a boss's name; tribes take Clan, Tribe or a region; cults take Church, Sons, Disciples, Order or Covenant.

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A: 10 names

  • Acid Bath Brigade
  • Ambush Army
  • Ambushers of Ash Creek
  • Arroyo Outlaws
  • Ash Eaters
  • Ash Kissers
  • Ash Vultures
  • Ashfall Brigade
  • Asphalt Army
  • Axe Gang

B: 51 names

  • Bar Fight Brigade
  • Barbed Bat Brigade
  • Barbed Wire Brotherhood
  • Barons of Bleak Street
  • Big Red's Outfit
  • Big Rig Bandits
  • Bilge Rats
  • Bitter Road Bandits
  • Black Lung Brigade
  • Black Market Boys
  • Black Spoke
  • Black Sump Gang
  • Blackrock Bandits
  • Blacktop Butchers
  • Blade Brigade
  • Blast Furnace Boys
  • Blast Preachers
  • Blast Radius Brigade
  • Bleach Drinkers
  • Bleakridge Boys
  • Blind Boys of Burnt Bridge
  • Blood Eagles
  • Blue Flame Brotherhood
  • Body Bag Boys
  • Bone Breakers
  • Bone Gnashers
  • Bone Road Bandits
  • Bone Saw Brotherhood
  • Bone White
  • Boneyard Boys
  • Borderline Butchers
  • Bottle Breakers
  • Boxcar Bandits
  • Branding Iron Brigade
  • Brickyard Bandits
  • Brides of the Bomb
  • Bridge Breakers
  • Bridge Burners
  • Brimstone Chapter
  • Broken Axle Gang
  • Broken Glass Boys
  • Bronco Busters of the Burn
  • Buffout Boys
  • Bulldog Brannigan's Wreckers
  • Bullet Farm Boys
  • Bunker Busters
  • Burn Ward Boys
  • Burnout Brigade
  • Burnt Collars
  • Butcher's Bill
  • Buzzard Boys

C: 37 names

  • Cannibal Kings
  • Canteen Crew
  • Canyon Crawlers
  • Caravan Killers
  • Carrion Crows
  • Cattle Prod Crew
  • Cattle Rustler Crew
  • Chain Gang Kings
  • Chain Whip Crew
  • Chapel of Chains
  • Chem Heads
  • Children of the Crater
  • Choke Point Crew
  • Chrome Kings
  • Chrome Teeth
  • Church of the Burning Tire
  • Cobalt Crown
  • Cockroach Kings
  • Coffin Nails
  • Congregation of Cinders
  • Contraband Crew
  • Cook House Crew
  • Cooling Tower Cult
  • Copperhead Crew
  • Cottonmouth Clan
  • Coyote Crew
  • Crankshaft Clan
  • Crater Kings
  • Crimson Tread
  • Crossfire Crew
  • Crow Road Crew
  • Crowbar Crew
  • Crows of Calder Pass
  • Crypt Keepers
  • Cult of the V8
  • Culvert Kings
  • Cutter's Ford Crew

D: 19 names

  • Daughters of the Burn
  • Dead End Dogs
  • Dead Man's Switch
  • Deadfall Pass Gang
  • Deadwater Dogs
  • Demolition Dogs
  • Dieselbloods
  • Dire Dogs
  • Doom Riders
  • Door Kickers
  • Dope Fiends of the Divide
  • Drive-By Dogs
  • Drought Lords
  • Drowned Men
  • Dry Gulch Drifters
  • Dunwich Drifters
  • Dust Devils
  • Dust Reapers
  • Dustbowl Demons

E: 4 names

  • Ear Collectors
  • Ember Wolves
  • Exit Ramp Raiders
  • Eye Gougers

F: 13 names

  • Face Peelers
  • Fallout Fathers
  • Fallout Shelter Fiends
  • Fan Belt Fanatics
  • Fang Faction
  • Feedlot Fiends
  • Feral Hounds
  • Fever Dogs
  • Flesh Market Mob
  • Forge Fire Gang
  • Forty Thieves of the Flats
  • Foundry Fathers
  • Foundry Fiends

G: 24 names

  • Gas Can Gospel
  • Gas Mask Gang
  • Gas Town Guard
  • Gearhead Gang
  • Geiger Gang
  • Ghost Town Gang
  • Ghostlight Raiders
  • Ghoul Road Gang
  • Gila Gang
  • Glow Dogs
  • Glowing Sea Ghouls
  • Glowworm Gang
  • Gospel of Gasoline
  • Grain Elevator Gang
  • Great Khans
  • Grey Wolves of the Glow
  • Greywater Gang
  • Grinder Gang
  • Ground Zero Gang
  • Guardrail Gang
  • Gulch Gang
  • Gut Rippers
  • Gutter Kings
  • Gutter Snipes

H: 18 names

  • Half-Life Hellions
  • Hardpan Horde
  • Hazmat Heretics
  • Head Hunters of Hollow Ridge
  • Headlight Hunters
  • Heirs of the Blast
  • Highway Kings
  • Hit and Run Horde
  • Hobo Hellions
  • Hook Hand Horde
  • Hooverville Horde
  • Horse Thief Horde
  • Hot Spot Horde
  • Hotwire Horde
  • Hound Lords
  • Hubcap Heathens
  • Hull Breachers
  • Hyena Pack

I: 3 names

  • Iron Black
  • Iron Grin Gang
  • Iron Jaw Gang

J: 10 names

  • Jackal Junction Gang
  • Jackals of Junction 9
  • Jackknife Junction Jackals
  • Jawbone Jackals
  • Jerky Makers
  • Jet Set Raiders
  • Junk Kings
  • Junkton Jackals
  • Junkyard Dogs
  • Junkyard Jackals

K: 7 names

  • Keelhaulers
  • Kill Switch Kids
  • Killbox Kings
  • King Rebar's Host
  • Kings of the Overpass
  • Knee Cappers
  • Knuckles' Boys

L: 9 names

  • Last Call Gang
  • Last Drop Gang
  • Last Exit Gang
  • Leg Breakers
  • Lizard Lords
  • Locust Legion
  • Lords of the Landfill
  • Low Gear Lords
  • Lugnut Legion

M: 21 names

  • Ma Gasoline's Kin
  • Mace Militia
  • Machete Mob
  • Mad Dog's Crew
  • Maggot Mob
  • Mall Rats
  • Manifold Marauders
  • Meat Hook Mob
  • Med-X Marauders
  • Meltdown Maniacs
  • Mile Zero Mob
  • Milepost Marauders
  • Mongrel Mob
  • Moonshine Marauders
  • Morgue Mob
  • Morningstar Mob
  • Mother Shrike's Brood
  • Muffler Mob
  • Mushroom Cloud Mob
  • Mustard Gas Mob
  • Mutineers

N: 8 names

  • Nail Bat Nation
  • Napalm Nomads
  • Neck Snappers
  • Needle Nest Gang
  • Night Howlers
  • Ninety-Niners
  • No Man's Land Nomads
  • Nuclear Winter Wolves

O: 10 names

  • Oil Slick Outlaws
  • Old Gristle's Gang
  • Oldtown Ogres
  • One-Arm Army
  • One-Eye Olga's Lot
  • Orange Sky Raiders
  • Organ Harvesters
  • Orphans of Route 66
  • Overpass Hyenas
  • Overpass Outlaws

P: 11 names

  • Pale Riders
  • Papa Cinder's Family
  • Piston Heads
  • Pit Viper Riders
  • Pitchfork Posse
  • Plague Doctors
  • Plague Rats
  • Plutonium Pack
  • Press Gang
  • Princes of the Pit
  • Psycho Pushers

Q: 2 names

  • Quarry Queens
  • Queen Maggot's Court

R: 37 names

  • Rad Rats
  • Rad Road Rangers
  • Radiator Rats
  • Radio Silence
  • Raiders of Rook Hill
  • Rail Spike Raiders
  • Railyard Raiders
  • Rat King's Court
  • Ratchet Raiders
  • Rattler Road Gang
  • Ravagers of Redgate
  • Raven Claw Raiders
  • Ravine Ravagers
  • Razorwire Rebels
  • Reactor Rejects
  • Reaper Road Gang
  • Reavers of the Rim
  • Rebar Royalty
  • Red Sky Marauders
  • Redline Riders
  • Redliner Road Cult
  • Redwater Rebels
  • Rem Counters
  • Reservoir Dogs of War
  • Respirator Riders
  • Riptide Raiders
  • Rivet City Rejects
  • Road Lepers
  • Road Warriors
  • Roadkill Ranch
  • Rotgut Reapers
  • Rotgut Runners
  • Rubble Kings
  • Rumble Strip Raiders
  • Rust Lords
  • Rustlers of Red Rock
  • Rustwater Riders

S: 58 names

  • Salt Creek Savages
  • Salt Cure Syndicate
  • Salt Flat Savages
  • Saltlick Savages
  • Saltmarsh Savages
  • Saltwater Jackals
  • Salvage Syndicate
  • Sandstorm Sons
  • Sawblade Saints
  • Scabby Joe's Raiders
  • Scabland Runners
  • Scalp Takers
  • Scarface Syndicate
  • Scorch Road Syndicate
  • Scorpion Sons
  • Scrap Barons
  • Scrap Hounds
  • Scraptown Saints
  • Scrapyard Sovereigns
  • Screaming Meemies
  • Serpent Sons
  • Seven Skulls
  • Sewer Kings
  • Shank Syndicate
  • Shanty Town Shivs
  • Shattered Glass Crew
  • Shell Shock Society
  • Shipbreaker Boys
  • Shriek Road Crew
  • Sidewinder Syndicate
  • Silo Sisters
  • Silver Skull
  • Sinkhole Syndicate
  • Siren Dogs
  • Sixteen-Wheel Saints
  • Skid Row Raiders
  • Skull Splitters
  • Slag Priests
  • Slagheap Sons
  • Slaughterhouse Six
  • Smash and Grab Gang
  • Smokestack Sons
  • Smuggler's Syndicate
  • Sons of Rust
  • Sons of the Ash
  • Spark Plug Saints
  • Speed Trap Syndicate
  • Spiked Club Society
  • Spine Snappers
  • Stagecoach Stalkers
  • Stalkers of Stillwater
  • Stimpak Snatchers
  • Stinger Crew
  • Stockyard Savages
  • Stormdrain Stranglers
  • Subway Savages
  • Sulfur Kings
  • Sunbleached Sons

T: 124 names

  • Tailpipe Tribe
  • Tanker Truck Tribe
  • Tarpaper Tyrants
  • Teeth Collectors
  • Temple of Teeth
  • Tent City Terrors
  • The 12-Gauge Gang
  • The 44s
  • The Ashen
  • The Black Tire
  • The Blistered
  • The Bloodletters
  • The Bloody Hand
  • The Bonecrushers
  • The Bootleggers
  • The Bottlecap Bandits
  • The Branded
  • The Bullet Farmers
  • The Burnt Gospel
  • The Buzzards
  • The Carburetor Cult
  • The Carrion Circle
  • The Carvers
  • The Choke Chain
  • The Cinderblock Crew
  • The Cleavers
  • The Cold Blooded
  • The Corvega Crew
  • The Crooked Mile
  • The Crowbar Congregation
  • The Cutthroats
  • The Dead Signal
  • The Deadbolts
  • The Disciples
  • The Dune Sharks
  • The Eighty-Eights
  • The Famished
  • The Fiends
  • The Five Dogs
  • The Flat Tire Few
  • The Flayed

T, continued

  • The Forged
  • The Freeway Butchers
  • The Gasoline Choir
  • The Ghoulies
  • The Grave Robbers
  • The Grinning Dead
  • The Gristle Gang
  • The Grit
  • The Gunners
  • The Half-Lifers
  • The Hatchet Queen's Men
  • The Hatchetmen
  • The Hollow Men
  • The Hollowed
  • The Hungering
  • The Infested
  • The Irradiated
  • The Jumper Cable Gang
  • The Knuckle Draggers
  • The Lead Sermon
  • The Long Pig Pack
  • The Mangled
  • The Marrow Gang
  • The Murder
  • The Mutant Mile Gang
  • The Nailheads
  • The Nine Fingers
  • The Ninth Mile Gang
  • The Nitro Boys
  • The Offal Lords
  • The Operators
  • The Ossuary
  • The Pack
  • The Quarry Dogs
  • The Quicklime Gang
  • The Rabid Few
  • The Radstorm
  • The Red Road
  • The Revenants
  • The Rock Riders
  • The Rust Devils

T, continued

  • The Scavenger Kings
  • The Scorched
  • The Scorched Sons
  • The Scorchers
  • The Shriekers
  • The Shrikes
  • The Sievert Seven
  • The Siphon Kings
  • The Skinned
  • The Snarl
  • The Spitfires
  • The Supercharged
  • The Thirteen
  • The Tire Iron Boys
  • The Tollkeepers
  • The Trashfire Tribe
  • The Trench Dogs
  • The Two-Headed Herd
  • The Undertakers
  • The Venomous
  • The Wake
  • The Wastelanders
  • The Wrecking Crew
  • The Wretched
  • Third Rail Raiders
  • Thirst Traders
  • Three Mile Marauders
  • Throat Slitters
  • Throttle Jockeys
  • Tin Town Tribe
  • Toe Tag Tribe
  • Toll Road Tyrants
  • Tomahawk Tribe
  • Tongue Cutters
  • Train Robber Tribe
  • Trash Tyrants
  • Trench Raiders
  • Trophy Hunters
  • Truck Stop Terrors
  • Tunnel Rats
  • Tunnel Snakes
  • Tyrants of the Toll Bridge

U: 1 name

  • Underpass Undead

V: 5 names

  • Vandals of Vane
  • Vault Crackers
  • Viper Vanguard
  • Vulture Vanguard
  • Vulture's Feast

W: 17 names

  • War Boys
  • Warehouse Wolves
  • Warhammer Wasters
  • Warlords of Wire Road
  • Waste Wardens
  • Wasteland Warlords
  • Water Barons
  • Well Poisoners
  • Wharf Rats
  • Wide Open Wasters
  • Widows of Hollow Creek
  • Wild Dog Warband
  • Windshield Wipers
  • Wolfpack Wasteland
  • Wolves of Westgate
  • Wreckers of Wye
  • Wrecking Ball Wranglers

Y: 1 name

  • Yellow Tooth