Ron Jeremy is the most confident name you’ll ever hear.

Jenna Jameson, Lexinton Steele, Peter North, Dasha, Shy, and a million other hardcore screen aliases are right behind him.

In the 1970s, a movie called Deep Throat, starring Linda Lovelace, started it all. The film opened in the US and played in XXX theaters before the government attempted to outlaw porno by prosecuting porn stars for prostitution.

However, the laws failed to gain enough momentum to shut the industry down before the advent of new technologies. The names kept coming. John Holmes. Veronica Hart. Bambi Woods.

There was no clear name pattern. But, in the 1980s, porn began to break its scuzzy theater shell. VHS tapes made it easy for the audience to enjoy the raunchy in privacy.

New names came on the small screen. Asia Carrera. Tera Patrick. Briana Banks. Ron Jeremy.

And the industry began to establish itself. Real money was being exchanged. The alias made it big, in more ways than one.

The names came because they had to. In his memoir, The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbusiness, Ron Jeremy uses his alias to create an identity that he can’t portray through his appearance alone for men not as secure with themselves as he is.

“I’ve given confidence to millions of men across the world,” said Jeremy, in an interview with Reed Business Information. “They look at themselves in the mirror and think, Y’know, compared to Ron Jeremy, I’m not that bad looking at all. At least that’s what I tell myself whenever I go back to the buffet for seconds.”

With a name embroidered on American culture and more than 1,700 adult films in his belt, Jeremy set alias standards for an industry with thousands of actors and actresses.

The new names like Eve Angel, Anneta Keys, Gina Rider, Seymor Butts (yes, he’s a producer) are all important in an industry where looks are usually the top matters. There are just too many actors to remember a face without a name.

This year’s “Oscars of Porn,” or AVN awards, saw some of the best (and biggest) in the adult film industry. Naomi, Ron Jeremey, Stormy Daniels, and thousands of other aptly nick-named heroes to hormone-stricken teens won and presented a plethora of awards from best screenplay to best missionary.

Porn is growing. A look might get a foot in the door, but a name will keep you coming (back).

Few, if any stars used their real names. The alias protects them from stalkers and other dangerous people.

How can you find your porn star name?  It’s the name of your first pet + the street you grew up on = pornstar title. Example: Matt Corliss = Flash Fillmore. There is no real formula to finding the perfect porn name. Sometimes, it’s just an alias that sounds sexy.