SCP Name Generator

Every SCP entry on the SCP Foundation wiki has two names: an official designation like SCP-3008 and an unofficial title like "A Perfectly Normal, Regular Old IKEA" that appears in the series list. The number is what Foundation staff use in documents; the title is what readers remember. Numbers currently run from SCP-001 to the 8000s, with suffixes marking variants (SCP-XXXX-1 for instances, -A for sub-anomalies, and -J for joke articles), so a new original SCP usually claims a four-digit number in an unused slot.

The best titles do a lot of work in a few words. Many are deceptively mundane ("Just a Chair," "The Old Man") and let the containment procedures reveal the horror; others are dryly clinical ("Hard-to-Destroy Reptile") or emotionally loaded ("Someone to Watch Over Us"). Modern series titles often read like short story titles or unsettling phrases: a question, a warning sign, or an ordinary object with one wrong word attached. Avoid the temptation to spell out the anomaly in the title; the point is to make the reader open the file.

Every designation here is original rather than copied from the wiki, so you can use it for a fan article, a tabletop scenario, a Roblox or Minecraft roleplay, or an original horror story. Check the number's availability on the wiki before posting an article there.