Hey guys,
I have been spending some time trying to come up with a character to join in the RPG fun and I came across this site that uses the US census to generate a random name.
http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm (http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm)
You can choose male or female and also the rarity of the name. As the United States is such a diverse society it will generate names from pretty much global origins. I have found it quite useful. Obviously it will probably only be of use to those of you coming up with HUMAN characters.