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Generate names in the world of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders: greaser nicknames like Ponyboy, Two-Bit and Dally, working-class 1960s full names, preppy Soc names from the west side, and gang names for your own rumble. Built for fan fiction, class projects, OCs and 'what's my greaser name' fun.

About The Outsiders names

Names in The Outsiders do a lot of quiet work. Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry Curtis sound nothing like Bob Sheldon or Randy Adderson, and that gap is the whole point of the book. Greaser names are nicknames first: Two-Bit got his for always putting in his two bits, Dallas is 'Dally', Johnny is 'Johnnycake', and Ponyboy and Sodapop are the names on their birth certificates because their father liked them. Underneath the nicknames sit plain working-class surnames from 1960s Oklahoma: Curtis, Cade, Winston, Mathews, Randle, Shepard.

Socs, by contrast, carry tidy, respectable names that would look fine on a country-club roster or a Soc's madras shirt: Bob, Randy, Cherry (really Sherri) Valance, Marcia, Paul Holden. The greaser girls get short, friendly names like Sandy, Evie and Sylvia. If you are writing an original character, decide which side of town they come from first and let the name follow.

The list mixes canon characters with original names built the same way: one-word greaser handles (Tex, Skeeter, Hotrod, Cornbread), nickname-plus-surname combos, double first names like Bobby Ray and Peggy Ann that were common in the region, clean-cut Soc names, and a handful of gang names in the style of the Brumly Boys and the Tiber Street Tigers.

How to choose The Outsiders names

  • Give a greaser a nickname that tells a story, the way Two-Bit and Johnnycake do; 'Hubcap' or 'Sawdust' hints at a job, habit or a night that went wrong.
  • Keep surnames plain and regional for greasers (Pruitt, Blevins, Tolliver) and a little grander for Socs (Harrington, Whitmore, Kensington) so readers place the character instantly.
  • Double first names like Billy Joe, Rita Mae or Jimmy Dale sound right for 1960s Tulsa; avoid names that only became popular after the 1980s.
  • Real greasers in the book go by their nickname even in narration, so once you pick one, use it consistently and save the full name for the cops and the principal.
  • For a gang or crew, name it after a street, a hangout or a landmark (Sutton Street Boys, DX Station Crew) rather than something that sounds like a sports team.

Frequently asked questions

What are the main character names in The Outsiders?

The greasers are Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darrel 'Darry' Curtis, Johnny Cade, Dallas 'Dally' Winston, Keith 'Two-Bit' Mathews and Steve Randle, with Tim, Curly and Angela Shepard and Buck Merril on the fringes. The Socs include Bob Sheldon, Randy Adderson, Cherry (Sherri) Valance and Marcia. Sandy, Evie and Sylvia are the greaser girlfriends.

Why are the Curtis brothers named Ponyboy and Sodapop?

In the novel those are their real, legal names, not nicknames. Ponyboy explains that their father had an unusual taste in names; Sodapop's middle name is Patrick and Ponyboy's is Michael. Darrel is the only brother with a conventional first name, shortened to Darry.

How do I pick a greaser name for my own character?

Start with a plain 1960s first name (Danny, Ricky, Jimmy Dale, Wanda, Peggy Ann), add a working-class surname from the list, then decide whether the character goes by a nickname. Greaser nicknames usually describe a look, a habit or an incident: Tex, Skeeter, Hotrod, Two-Ton, Switchblade.

Can I use these names for Outsiders fan fiction or a school project?

Yes. The original names here are free to use in fan fiction, roleplay, creative writing assignments and character sheets. Canon names like Ponyboy Curtis and Dallas Winston belong to S.E. Hinton's novel and are included as reference and for fan work.

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A: 11 names

  • Ace Tucker
  • Alan Whitfield
  • Alvin McCall
  • Amy Farnsworth
  • Angela Shepard
  • Ann Thornton
  • Annie Laurie Tate
  • Arlene Haney
  • Arlo Pratt
  • Artie Parsons
  • Arvil Goins

B: 40 names

  • Barbara Jean Stokes
  • Barbara Langford
  • Beans Ogletree
  • Bear Tackett
  • Becky Ashford
  • Benny Bradley
  • Bernice Hollis
  • Beth Winslow
  • Betty Jo Reeves
  • Biff Crandall
  • Bill Archer
  • Billy Joe Hensley
  • Birdie Calhoun
  • Biscuit Corley
  • Blackie Delgado
  • Blade Oliphant
  • Bob Sheldon
  • Bobbie Jo Morrow
  • Bobby Ray Tucker
  • Bones Mackey
  • Bonnie Lambert
  • Bootleg Hawkins
  • Boxcar Boys
  • Boxcar Withers
  • Brad Whitmore
  • Bradley Thornton
  • Brenda Sue Pickett
  • Brent Callahan
  • Brick Sumner
  • Bruce Hollingsworth
  • Brumly Road Gang
  • Bubba Blevins
  • Buck Merril
  • Buckshot Reeves
  • Buddy Tolliver
  • Buford Kincaid
  • Bugsy Norwood
  • Bullet Mooney
  • Butch Tillman
  • Buzz Pettibone

C: 43 names

  • Cadillac Moss
  • Candy Garrett
  • Carl Lindsey
  • Carlos Garza
  • Carol Ann Ferris
  • Carol Vanderford
  • Carolyn Carrington
  • Catfish Wooten
  • Cathy Lou Hensley
  • Cecil Lambert
  • Chalky Bryant
  • Cherry Street Socs
  • Cherry Valance
  • Cheryl Thorne
  • Chigger Stallings
  • Chip Kensington
  • Chopper Ramsey
  • Christine Callahan
  • Chuck Kirkland
  • Chuy Medina
  • Cinch Marlowe
  • Cinders McBride
  • Cindy Weatherby
  • Clark Pennington
  • Cliff Abbott
  • Clutch Dugan
  • Clyde Corley
  • Clyde Wayne Lasseter
  • Connie Jo Goins
  • Connie Tolliver
  • Cookie Sanders
  • Coop Addison
  • Cornbread
  • Cotton Hensley
  • Country Club Crowd
  • Cowboy Lancaster
  • Coy Blackwell
  • Craig Montgomery
  • Crash Blackwell
  • Cricket Boone
  • Cueball Mattingly
  • Curly Shepard
  • Curt Whitley

D: 48 names

  • Dagger Devlin
  • Dale Hensley
  • Dallas Winston
  • Danny Kowalski
  • Danny Whitcomb
  • Darlene Kowalski
  • Darrell Dawson
  • Darry Curtis
  • Davey Carver
  • David Ashworth
  • Dean Hollister
  • Dean Sterling
  • Debbie Mooney
  • Deborah Sutcliffe
  • Delbert Ferris
  • Della Devlin
  • Denise Whitfield
  • Dennis Boone
  • Deuce Tanner
  • Dewey Mooney
  • Diane Whitaker
  • Dick Farnsworth
  • Digger Hollis
  • Dinah Tolliver
  • Dink Ferris
  • Dixie Hargrove
  • Dizzy Carver
  • Doc Rafferty
  • Dodger Reyes
  • Dolly Kincaid
  • Don Westbrook
  • Donna Fay Thompson
  • Donna Hargreaves
  • Donna Hensley
  • Donna Rae Kincaid
  • Donnie Hargrove
  • Dottie Lowry
  • Doug Whitaker
  • Doughboy Wilkes
  • Doyle Garrett
  • Drew Fairchild
  • Drive-In Devils
  • Duffy Sloan
  • Duke Sutton
  • Dutch Kowalski
  • Dwayne Holloway
  • Dwight Mackey
  • DX Station Crew

E: 11 names

  • Earl Stokes
  • East Side Kings
  • Eddie Garza
  • Edna Blackwell
  • Elaine Hayes
  • Ellen Kirkland
  • Elmer Reeves
  • Eric Danforth
  • Ernie Haney
  • Evie
  • Evie Lou Parsons

F: 9 names

  • Faye Pruett
  • Fern Corley
  • Flattop Purcell
  • Flint Baughman
  • Floyd Ramsey
  • Frances Lowry
  • Frank Marchetti
  • Frankie Rourke
  • Fuzz Mahoney

G: 22 names

  • Gail Pemberton
  • Gary Pickett
  • Gary Sutcliffe
  • Gator Lindsey
  • Gearbox
  • Georgia Holt
  • Ghost Pendleton
  • Gil Hastings
  • Ginger Blackwell
  • Glenda Corley
  • Glenn Mercer
  • Gloria Beaumont
  • Goose McCall
  • Gordon Pryor
  • Grant Ellsworth
  • Gravel Overton
  • Greasebucket Dunn
  • Greasy Joe
  • Greg Lockhart
  • Gumbo Lafferty
  • Gus Wooten
  • Gwen Pettibone

H: 18 names

  • Hal Bradford
  • Half-Pint Tate
  • Hambone Ricketts
  • Hank Hollis
  • Harlan Reeves
  • Hatchet Baxter
  • Hawk Treadwell
  • Hazel Wooten
  • Heather Remington
  • Hector Reyes
  • Homer Lindsey
  • Hoss Bradley
  • Hotrod Mercer
  • Hotshot
  • Hotwire Lasseter
  • Hubcap Crew
  • Hubcap Hargrove
  • Hugh Carlisle

I: 5 names

  • Ian Ravenel
  • Ida Mae Pruett
  • Ike Harlan
  • Inez Hargrove
  • Irene Reyes

J: 29 names

  • Jackie Rourke
  • Jackrabbit
  • Jane Sinclair
  • Janet Lockhart
  • Janie Sue Ferris
  • Jay Hargreaves
  • Jeannie Keller
  • Jeff Brantley
  • Jelly Stokes
  • Jerry Lee Dennison
  • Jerry Wood
  • Jesse Tate
  • Jill Chamberlain
  • Jim Halloran
  • Jimmy Dale Parsons
  • Jimmy Ray Purcell
  • Jo Beth Holloway
  • Joan Pryor
  • Joe Bob Arnett
  • Joey Keller
  • Johnny Cade
  • Jolene Gentry
  • Joyce Tackett
  • Juanita Medina
  • Jud Corley
  • Judy Beckwith
  • Judy Haskell
  • Julie Montgomery
  • Junior Holt

K: 12 names

  • Karen Everett
  • Kathleen Ellington
  • Kay Lynn Arnett
  • Ken Remington
  • Kenny Morrow
  • Kent Sinclair
  • Kid Caldwell
  • Kim Ellsworth
  • Kip Van Buren
  • Kirk Pratt
  • Kitty Calhoun
  • Knuckles Abernathy

L: 32 names

  • Lacey Dawson
  • Lance Prescott
  • Larry Tolliver
  • Laura Hollingsworth
  • Laurie Westbrook
  • Lee Bancroft
  • Lefty Calhoun
  • Lem Mooney
  • Lenny Stokes
  • Leon Crowder
  • Leroy Haney
  • Leslie Cunningham
  • Lester Calhoun
  • Linda Kay Crowder
  • Linda Kensington
  • Lisa Danforth
  • Liz Kingsley
  • Lloyd Prescott
  • Lois Tucker
  • Lonnie Crowder
  • Lonnie Ray Wilkes
  • Loretta Farris
  • Lorna Whitlock
  • Loyd Dunn
  • Lucky Dennison
  • Luis Ortega
  • Lula Tackett
  • Lupe Ortega
  • Lurleen Lindsey
  • Luther Hensley
  • Lyle Tackett
  • Lynn Crandall

M: 27 names

  • Mack Rourke
  • Manny Reyes
  • Marcia Pennington
  • Marcy Pruitt
  • Margaret Hastings
  • Marilyn Stanton
  • Mark Ellington
  • Marlene Baxter
  • Marty Mackey
  • Marvin Baxter
  • Mary Beth Worthington
  • Mary Lou Dennison
  • Mavis Ridley
  • Maxine Pruitt
  • Melinda Hale
  • Merle Morrow
  • Mickey Haskell
  • Mike Sutton
  • Mitch Gentry
  • Mitch Lambeth
  • Mona Mackey
  • Moose Ridley
  • Mose Pruett
  • Mouse Gillespie
  • Mudcat Kersey
  • Muley Thompson
  • Myrna Lambert

N: 11 names

  • Nadine Wooten
  • Nancy Bannister
  • Nancy Fairchild
  • Ned Ramsey
  • Neil Bannister
  • Nickel Pratt
  • Nicky Lancaster
  • Noodle Farris
  • Norma Jean Ridley
  • Norma Sue Hankins
  • North Side Hoods

O: 4 names

  • Odell Farris
  • Opal Crowder
  • Orville Sanders
  • Otis Ridley

P: 24 names

  • Pam Prescott
  • Patches O'Dell
  • Patsy Rourke
  • Patty Ashworth
  • Paul Ashcroft
  • Paul Holden
  • Paulie Caldwell
  • Peanut Crowder
  • Pearl Ann Sutton
  • Peewee Hankins
  • Peggy Ann Harlan
  • Peggy Brantley
  • Peggy Jo Haney
  • Pepper Lyle
  • Perry Kendall
  • Pete Arnett
  • Phil Carrington
  • Pickett Street Greasers
  • Pigpen Aldridge
  • Pinky Malone
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Possum Dunaway
  • Preacher Lockett
  • Preston Hale

Q: 1 name

  • Quincy Baxter

R: 39 names

  • Rags Winfield
  • Ramon Delgado
  • Randall Worthington
  • Randy Adderson
  • Randy Pierce
  • Rascal Jessup
  • Ratchet Easley
  • Ratso Kimball
  • Ray Hayes
  • Razor Tillery
  • Rebel Harlan
  • Red Keller
  • Rex Pettibone
  • Rhonda Gale Reeves
  • Richie Delgado
  • Rick Pemberton
  • Ricky Tate
  • Ringo Flannery
  • Rip Collier
  • Rita Mae Blevins
  • River Kings
  • Rob Stanton
  • Roberta Malone
  • Robin Lambeth
  • Roger Lowry
  • Roger Thorne
  • Ron Covington
  • Ronnie Kincaid
  • Rooster Hayes
  • Rosalie Garza
  • Roscoe Gentry
  • Rowdy Lambert
  • Roxanne Pratt
  • Roy Dale Pruitt
  • Ruby Dawson
  • Rufus Hollis
  • Russ Chamberlain
  • Rusty Pruitt
  • Ruthie Gentry

S: 53 names

  • Sal Tillman
  • Sally Ann Lindsey
  • Sally Covington
  • Sam Tackett
  • Sandra Abbott
  • Sandy
  • Sandy Mae Tillman
  • Sawdust Gentry
  • Scooter Haskell
  • Scott Everett
  • Scrap Tomlin
  • Shadow Cavanaugh
  • Sharon Dennison
  • Sherry Sterling
  • Shine Cobb
  • Shirley Vaughn
  • Shorty Pickett
  • Shotgun Tolbert
  • Sissy Boone
  • Six-Pack
  • Sixgun Wheeler
  • Skeeter Dawson
  • Skids Pemberton
  • Skip Vanderford
  • Slick Portman
  • Slim Garrett
  • Smokey Lowry
  • Snake Ellery
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Sonny Whitlock
  • Sparkplug Dooley
  • Sparky Holt
  • Spike Gallagher
  • Spud Beaumont
  • Squint Parsons
  • Stan Beckwith
  • Starla Mercer
  • Steve Caldwell
  • Steve Randle
  • Stevie Malone
  • Stony Fenwick
  • Stretch Vaughn
  • Stubby Goins
  • Stumpy Arnett
  • Sue Ellen Pratt
  • Sue Halloran
  • Sugar Ray Tolbert
  • Susan Harrington
  • Sutton Street Boys
  • Switch Keaton
  • Switchblade
  • Sylvia
  • Sylvia Delgado

T: 36 names

  • Tad Winslow
  • Tailpipe Jennings
  • Tammy Lynn Sanders
  • Tank Morrow
  • Tater Blevins
  • Ted Langford
  • Teresa Whitley
  • Terri Archer
  • Terry Sanders
  • Tex Ann Whitlock
  • Tex Holloway
  • Thelma Carver
  • Tiber Street Tigers
  • Tim Shepard
  • Tina Holloway
  • Tiny Briggs
  • Tobe Ridley
  • Todd Weatherby
  • Tom Kingsley
  • Tommy Lee Ferris
  • Tony Briggs
  • Torch Hadley
  • Trainyard Rats
  • Travis Devlin
  • Trent Ashford
  • Tricia Hollister
  • Trigger Haney
  • Troy Sutton
  • Trudy Devlin
  • Tuff Kincaid
  • Tully Hargrove
  • Tumbleweed Haskins
  • Turk Rawlins
  • Twitch Harmon
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Two-Ton

V: 9 names

  • Vacant Lot Gang
  • Vance Tucker
  • Velma Ramsey
  • Verla Mae Purcell
  • Vernon Haskell
  • Vicki Whitmore
  • Vickie Morrow
  • Vinnie Vaughn
  • Virgil Pruett

W: 14 names

  • Wade Harrington
  • Wade Whitlock
  • Wanda Stokes
  • Ward Devlin
  • Wayne Blevins
  • Weasel Purdy
  • Wendell Farris
  • Wendy Bradford
  • West Side Mustangs
  • Wheels Pruett
  • Whistler Creed
  • Whitey Sanders
  • Wiley Beaumont
  • Woodrow Dennison

Y: 1 name

  • Yvonne Briggs

Z: 1 name

  • Zeke Blackwell