diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a05af515970dd..280a4be4cc422 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -955,8 +955,8 @@ Deprecated or removed
   * The module `Random.dSFMT` is renamed `Random.DSFMT` ([#25567]).
 
   * `module_name` has been deprecated in favor of a new, general `name` function. Similarly,
-    the unexported `Base.function_name` has been deprecated in favor of a `name` method
-    ([#25622]).
+    the unexported `Base.function_name` and `Base.datatype_name` have been deprecated in favor
+    of `name` methods ([#25622]).
 
   * The generic implementations of `strides(::AbstractArray)` and `stride(::AbstractArray, ::Int)`
      have been deprecated. Subtypes of `AbstractArray` that implement the newly introduced strided
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index f7966af1f7a98..2abdbf0800fc2 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1604,8 +1604,8 @@ export readandwrite
 # PR 25622
 @deprecate module_name(m::Module) name(m)
 @deprecate function_name(f::Function) name(f) false
-@deprecate Base.datatype_name(t::DataType) name(t)
-@deprecate Base.datatype_name(t::UnionAll) name(t)
+@deprecate datatype_name(t::DataType) name(t) false
+@deprecate datatype_name(t::UnionAll) name(t) false
 
 # PR #25196
 @deprecate_binding ObjectIdDict IdDict{Any,Any}
diff --git a/base/reflection.jl b/base/reflection.jl
index 2d9372c4dbe7d..55be971951aa9 100644
--- a/base/reflection.jl
+++ b/base/reflection.jl
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ fieldnames(t::UnionAll) = fieldnames(unwrap_unionall(t))
 fieldnames(t::Type{<:Tuple}) = Int[n for n in 1:fieldcount(t)]
 
 """
-    Base.datatype_name(t) -> Symbol
+    name(t::Type) -> Symbol
 
-Get the name of a (potentially UnionAll-wrapped) `DataType` (without its parent module) as a symbol.
+Get the name of a (potentially `UnionAll`-wrapped) `DataType` (without its parent module)
+as a symbol.
 
 # Examples
 ```jldoctest
@@ -155,12 +156,12 @@ julia> module Foo
        end
 Foo
 
-julia> Base.datatype_name(Foo.S{T} where T)
+julia> name(Foo.S{T} where T)
 :S
 ```
 """
-datatype_name(t::DataType) = t.name.name
-datatype_name(t::UnionAll) = datatype_name(unwrap_unionall(t))
+name(t::DataType) = t.name.name
+name(t::UnionAll) = name(unwrap_unionall(t))
 
 """
     parentmodule(t::DataType) -> Module
diff --git a/doc/src/base/base.md b/doc/src/base/base.md
index 532f835d25a92..c34915b572b98 100644
--- a/doc/src/base/base.md
+++ b/doc/src/base/base.md
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ Base.fieldnames
 Base.fieldname
 Base.fieldcount
 Base.propertynames
-Base.datatype_name
 Base.isconst
 Base.functionloc(::Any, ::Any)
 Base.functionloc(::Method)
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/src/parse.jl b/stdlib/Dates/src/parse.jl
index 1b0e4165394c0..ea11368a71c3a 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/src/parse.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/src/parse.jl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function character_codes(directives::SimpleVector)
     return letters
 end
 
-genvar(t::DataType) = Symbol(lowercase(string(Base.datatype_name(t))))
+genvar(t::DataType) = Symbol(lowercase(string(name(t))))
 
 """
     tryparsenext_core(str::AbstractString, pos::Int, len::Int, df::DateFormat, raise=false)
diff --git a/test/reflection.jl b/test/reflection.jl
index 902f5c932034d..b85d9bac717fb 100644
--- a/test/reflection.jl
+++ b/test/reflection.jl
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ let
     @test parentmodule(foo9475, (Any,)) == TestMod7648.TestModSub9475
     @test parentmodule(foo9475) == TestMod7648.TestModSub9475
     @test parentmodule(Foo7648) == TestMod7648
-    @test Base.datatype_name(Foo7648) == :Foo7648
+    @test name(Foo7648) == :Foo7648
     @test basename(functionloc(foo7648, (Any,))[1]) == "reflection.jl"
     @test first(methods(TestMod7648.TestModSub9475.foo7648)) == @which foo7648(5)
     @test TestMod7648 == @which foo7648