Vanity Plate Generator

Type a phrase. The list underneath shows shortened candidates. Click one to drop it into the preview. Nothing here submits an application.

Phrase Candidate length 7 characters — design budget6 characters — design budget5 characters — design budget8 characters — design budget Make candidates

Michigan is the strict example

The state personalization page, read on 9 Nov 2026, says a personalized plate holds at most 6 or 7 characters depending on the plate type. Only A–Z and 0–9 are accepted. A space is allowed and counts as a character. The letter O is replaced by the digit 0. The same page lists categories it will refuse: obscenity, sexual language, slurs, alcohol and drugs, crime, and messages that confuse law enforcement. I am not teaching ways around that list.

Everyone else

A public vanity overview gives Virginia a 7.5 count where a space or hyphen is half a character, and New Jersey a standard of 6 with a personalized option of 7. A competing generator says most states land between 5 and 7 and reject symbols. Choose the length budget that fits the plate design you intend to request; seven is an editable starting point, not a rule for unresearched states. The state table leaves the other limits blank on purpose.

Seven-letter ideas have their own page at 7-letter ideas. Funny lines that might get refused are on funny ideas.