diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.test.tsx
index a0d95d4bb77b0..225f8fa4fb789 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { render, act, type RenderResult, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { TestProvider } from '../../../../../mocks/test_provider';
-import { DataStreamStep } from './data_stream_step';
+import { DataStreamStep, getNameFromTitle } from './data_stream_step';
 import { ActionsProvider } from '../../state';
 import { mockActions, mockState } from '../../mocks/state';
 
@@ -243,4 +243,55 @@ describe('DataStreamStep', () => {
       expect(result.queryByTestId('generationModal')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when integrationSettings has an invalid generated name from title', () => {
+    describe.each(['123 abc', '1a'])('should render error for %s', (invalidTitle) => {
+      let result: RenderResult;
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+        result = render(
+          <DataStreamStep
+            integrationSettings={{ title: invalidTitle }}
+            connector={mockState.connector}
+            isGenerating={false}
+          />,
+          { wrapper }
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should set empty name for invalid title', () => {
+        const input = result.getByTestId('nameInput');
+        expect(input).toHaveValue(''); // name is not set
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when integrationSettings has an valid generated name from title', () => {
+    describe.each(['abc 123', '$abc123', 'abc 123 abc', 'abc_123', 'abc_123_abc'])(
+      'should render error for %s',
+      (validTitle) => {
+        let result: RenderResult;
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          jest.clearAllMocks();
+          result = render(
+            <DataStreamStep
+              integrationSettings={{ title: validTitle }}
+              connector={mockState.connector}
+              isGenerating={false}
+            />,
+            { wrapper }
+          );
+        });
+
+        it('should auto-generate name from title', () => {
+          const input = result.getByTestId('nameInput');
+          expect(input).toHaveValue(getNameFromTitle(validTitle));
+          expect(mockActions.setIntegrationSettings).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            name: getNameFromTitle(validTitle),
+            title: validTitle,
+          });
+        });
+      }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.tsx
index a77db56028234..1477719ed1517 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/public/components/create_integration/create_integration_assistant/steps/data_stream_step/data_stream_step.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export const InputTypeOptions: Array<EuiComboBoxOptionOption<InputType>> = [
 ];
 
 const isValidName = (name: string) => NAME_REGEX_PATTERN.test(name);
-const getNameFromTitle = (title: string) => title.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '_');
+export const getNameFromTitle = (title: string) =>
+  title.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '_');
 
 interface DataStreamStepProps {
   integrationSettings: State['integrationSettings'];
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export const DataStreamStep = React.memo<DataStreamStepProps>(
       // Only executed once when the packageNames are loaded
       if (packageNames != null && integrationSettings?.name == null && integrationSettings?.title) {
         const generatedName = getNameFromTitle(integrationSettings.title);
-        if (!packageNames.has(generatedName)) {
+        if (!packageNames.has(generatedName) && isValidName(generatedName)) {
           setName(generatedName);
           setIntegrationValues({ name: generatedName });
         }
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ export const DataStreamStep = React.memo<DataStreamStepProps>(
                   <EuiFieldText
                     name="name"
                     data-test-subj="nameInput"
-                    value={isValidName(name) ? name : ''}
+                    value={name}
                     onChange={onChange.name}
                     isInvalid={invalidFields.name}
                     isLoading={isLoadingPackageNames}