diff --git a/example/generator/GeneratorProvider.js b/example/generator/GeneratorProvider.js
index c0ad5d9627..f38aefb280 100644
--- a/example/generator/GeneratorProvider.js
+++ b/example/generator/GeneratorProvider.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ define([
 
             workerRequest[prop] = Number(workerRequest[prop]);
         });
+
         workerRequest.name = domainObject.name;
 
         return workerRequest;
diff --git a/example/generator/generatorWorker.js b/example/generator/generatorWorker.js
index f4ba3c3792..0313cbaab3 100644
--- a/example/generator/generatorWorker.js
+++ b/example/generator/generatorWorker.js
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 
         for (; nextStep < end && data.length < 5000; nextStep += step) {
             data.push({
-                name: request.name,
                 utc: nextStep,
                 yesterday: nextStep - 60 * 60 * 24 * 1000,
                 sin: sin(nextStep, period, amplitude, offset, phase, randomness),
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
index 16dfa7b1f9..b2772c3f59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTable.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ define([
     'lodash',
     './collections/BoundedTableRowCollection',
     './collections/FilteredTableRowCollection',
+    './TelemetryTableNameColumn',
     './TelemetryTableRow',
     './TelemetryTableColumn',
     './TelemetryTableUnitColumn',
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ define([
     _,
     BoundedTableRowCollection,
     FilteredTableRowCollection,
+    TelemetryTableNameColumn,
     TelemetryTableRow,
     TelemetryTableColumn,
     TelemetryTableUnitColumn,
@@ -71,6 +73,24 @@ define([
             openmct.time.on('timeSystem', this.refreshData);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * @private
+         */
+        addNameColumn(telemetryObject, metadataValues) {
+            let metadatum = metadataValues.find(m => m.key === 'name');
+            if (!metadatum) {
+                metadatum = {
+                    format: 'string',
+                    key: 'name',
+                    name: 'Name'
+                };
+            }
+
+            const column = new TelemetryTableNameColumn(this.openmct, telemetryObject, metadatum);
+
+            this.configuration.addSingleColumnForObject(telemetryObject, column);
+        }
+
         initialize() {
             if (this.domainObject.type === 'table') {
                 this.filterObserver = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.domainObject, 'configuration.filters', this.updateFilters);
@@ -212,7 +232,13 @@ define([
 
         addColumnsForObject(telemetryObject) {
             let metadataValues = this.openmct.telemetry.getMetadata(telemetryObject).values();
+
+            this.addNameColumn(telemetryObject, metadataValues);
             metadataValues.forEach(metadatum => {
+                if (metadatum.key === 'name') {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 let column = this.createColumn(metadatum);
                 this.configuration.addSingleColumnForObject(telemetryObject, column);
                 // add units column if available
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableNameColumn.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableNameColumn.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b37d5fbea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableNameColumn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+define([
+    './TelemetryTableColumn.js'
+], function (
+    TelemetryTableColumn
+) {
+    class TelemetryTableNameColumn extends TelemetryTableColumn {
+        constructor(openmct, telemetryObject, metadatum) {
+            super(openmct, metadatum);
+
+            this.telemetryObject = telemetryObject;
+        }
+
+        getRawValue() {
+            return this.telemetryObject.name;
+        }
+
+        getFormattedValue() {
+            return this.telemetryObject.name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return TelemetryTableNameColumn;
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/pluginSpec.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/pluginSpec.js
index cf77609631..e6e5df55f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/pluginSpec.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/pluginSpec.js
@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ describe("the plugin", () => {
 
         it("Renders a column for every item in telemetry metadata", () => {
             let headers = element.querySelectorAll('span.c-telemetry-table__headers__label');
-            expect(headers.length).toBe(3);
-            expect(headers[0].innerText).toBe('Time');
-            expect(headers[1].innerText).toBe('Some attribute');
-            expect(headers[2].innerText).toBe('Another attribute');
+            expect(headers.length).toBe(4);
+            expect(headers[0].innerText).toBe('Name');
+            expect(headers[1].innerText).toBe('Time');
+            expect(headers[2].innerText).toBe('Some attribute');
+            expect(headers[3].innerText).toBe('Another attribute');
         });
 
         it("Supports column reordering via drag and drop", () => {