diff --git a/app/models/service_template.rb b/app/models/service_template.rb
index 84efa7014300..9fb161268cd8 100644
--- a/app/models/service_template.rb
+++ b/app/models/service_template.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ServiceTemplate < ApplicationRecord
   include_concern 'Filter'
   include_concern 'Copy'
 
+  validates :name, :presence => true
   belongs_to :tenant
   # # These relationships are used to specify children spawned from a parent service
   # has_many   :child_services, :class_name => "ServiceTemplate", :foreign_key => :service_template_id
diff --git a/spec/factories/service_template.rb b/spec/factories/service_template.rb
index 0172d10149ed..3a74d06ce627 100644
--- a/spec/factories/service_template.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/service_template.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
-  factory :service_template
-  factory :service_template_orchestration, :class => 'ServiceTemplateOrchestration', :parent => :service_template
-  factory :service_template_ansible_playbook, :class => 'ServiceTemplateAnsiblePlaybook', :parent => :service_template
-  factory :service_template_container_template, :class => 'ServiceTemplateContainerTemplate', :parent => :service_template
+  factory :service_template do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "service_template_#{seq_padded_for_sorting(n)}" }
+  end
+  factory :service_template_orchestration, :class => 'ServiceTemplateOrchestration', :parent => :service_template do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "service_template_#{seq_padded_for_sorting(n)}" }
+  end
+  factory :service_template_ansible_playbook, :class => 'ServiceTemplateAnsiblePlaybook', :parent => :service_template do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "service_template_#{seq_padded_for_sorting(n)}" }
+  end
+  factory :service_template_container_template, :class => 'ServiceTemplateContainerTemplate', :parent => :service_template do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "service_template_#{seq_padded_for_sorting(n)}" }
+  end
   factory :service_template_transformation_plan, :class => 'ServiceTemplateTransformationPlan', :parent => :service_template do
     sequence(:name) { |n| "service_template_#{seq_padded_for_sorting(n)}" }
   end