diff --git a/org_rw/org_rw.py b/org_rw/org_rw.py
index d7d6ad8..b85118b 100644
--- a/org_rw/org_rw.py
+++ b/org_rw/org_rw.py
@@ -882,6 +882,12 @@ class Headline:
         sections = []
         arguments = None
 
+        names_by_line = {}
+        for kw in self.keywords:
+            if kw.key == 'NAME':
+                names_by_line[kw.linenum] = kw.value
+
+        name = None
         for delimiter in self.delimiters:
             if (
                 delimiter.delimiter_type == DelimiterLineType.BEGIN_BLOCK
@@ -890,6 +896,12 @@ class Headline:
                 line_start = delimiter.linenum
                 inside_code = True
                 arguments = delimiter.arguments
+
+                name_line = line_start - 1
+                if name_line in names_by_line:
+                    name = names_by_line[name_line]
+                else:
+                    name = None
             elif (
                 delimiter.delimiter_type == DelimiterLineType.END_BLOCK
                 and delimiter.type_data.subtype.lower() == "src"
@@ -960,7 +972,6 @@ class Headline:
 
         results = []
         for section in sections:
-            name = None
             content = section["content"]
             code_result = section.get("result", None)
             arguments = section.get("arguments", None)
diff --git a/tests/04-code.org b/tests/04-code.org
index 956d961..7af3aed 100644
--- a/tests/04-code.org
+++ b/tests/04-code.org
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 :CREATED:  [2020-01-01 Wed 01:01]
 :END:
 
+#+NAME: first-code-name
 #+BEGIN_SRC shell :results verbatim
 echo "This is a test"
 echo "with two lines"
diff --git a/tests/test_org.py b/tests/test_org.py
index f27185b..1853d7b 100644
--- a/tests/test_org.py
+++ b/tests/test_org.py
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ class TestSerde(unittest.TestCase):
 
         snippets = list(doc.get_code_snippets())
         self.assertEqual(len(snippets), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            snippets[0].name,
+            'first-code-name'
+        )
         self.assertEqual(
             snippets[0].content,
             'echo "This is a test"\n'
@@ -494,6 +498,10 @@ class TestSerde(unittest.TestCase):
             "This is a test\n" + "with two lines",
         )
 
+        self.assertEqual(
+            snippets[1].name,
+            None
+        )
         self.assertEqual(
             snippets[1].content,
             'echo "This is another test"\n'
@@ -504,6 +512,10 @@ class TestSerde(unittest.TestCase):
             snippets[1].result, "This is another test\n" + "with two lines too"
         )
 
+        self.assertEqual(
+            snippets[2].name,
+            None
+        )
         self.assertEqual(
             snippets[2].content,
             "/* This code has to be escaped to\n"