diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 762b14a7b..bbdc8b499 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This release consolidates the `SingleTableMetadata` and `MultiTableMetadata` cla
 * Enable multi table synthesizers to use new Metadata - Issue [#2129](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2129) by @lajohn4747
 * Enable single table synthesizers to use new Metadata - Issue [#2128](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2128) by @lajohn4747
 * Create unified Metadata class - Issue [#2104](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2104) by @lajohn4747
+* Make "table" default table name - Issue [#2245](https://github.com/sdv-dev/SDV/issues/2245) by @fealho
 
 ## v1.16.2 - 2024-09-25
 
diff --git a/sdv/metadata/metadata.py b/sdv/metadata/metadata.py
index 06b9c2ddf..1d0ebaec2 100644
--- a/sdv/metadata/metadata.py
+++ b/sdv/metadata/metadata.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Metadata(MultiTableMetadata):
     """Metadata class that handles all metadata."""
 
     METADATA_SPEC_VERSION = 'V1'
-    DEFAULT_SINGLE_TABLE_NAME = 'default_table_name'
+    DEFAULT_SINGLE_TABLE_NAME = 'table'
 
     @classmethod
     def load_from_json(cls, filepath, single_table_name=None):
diff --git a/tests/integration/metadata/test_metadata.py b/tests/integration/metadata/test_metadata.py
index fd5909b24..ffe9642c9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/metadata/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/integration/metadata/test_metadata.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from sdv.multi_table.hma import HMASynthesizer
 from sdv.single_table.copulas import GaussianCopulaSynthesizer
 
-DEFAULT_TABLE_NAME = 'default_table_name'
+DEFAULT_TABLE_NAME = 'table'
 
 
 def test_metadata():
diff --git a/tests/unit/evaluation/test_single_table.py b/tests/unit/evaluation/test_single_table.py
index 08106923f..f7a9c228b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/evaluation/test_single_table.py
+++ b/tests/unit/evaluation/test_single_table.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_evaluate_quality_metadata():
     evaluate_quality(data1, data2, metadata)
 
     # Assert
-    expected_metadata = metadata.tables['default_table_name'].to_dict()
+    expected_metadata = metadata.tables['table'].to_dict()
     QualityReport.generate.assert_called_once_with(data1, data2, expected_metadata, True)
 
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_run_diagnostic_metadata():
     run_diagnostic(data1, data2, metadata)
 
     # Assert
-    expected_metadata = metadata.tables['default_table_name'].to_dict()
+    expected_metadata = metadata.tables['table'].to_dict()
     DiagnosticReport.generate.assert_called_once_with(data1, data2, expected_metadata, True)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/metadata/test_metadata.py b/tests/unit/metadata/test_metadata.py
index c7f38052e..331110e15 100644
--- a/tests/unit/metadata/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/unit/metadata/test_metadata.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_load_from_json_single_table(self, mock_read_json):
 
         expected_warning_with_table_name = re.escape(warning_message.format('filepath'))
         expected_warning_without_table_name = re.escape(
-            warning_message.format('default_table_name')
+            warning_message.format('table')
         )
 
         # Run
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def test_load_from_json_single_table(self, mock_read_json):
         mock_read_json.assert_has_calls([call('filepath.json'), call('filepath.json')])
         table_name_to_instance = {
             'filepath': instance_with_table_name,
-            'default_table_name': instance_without_table_name,
+            'table': instance_without_table_name,
         }
         for table_name, instance in table_name_to_instance.items():
             assert list(instance.tables.keys()) == [table_name]
@@ -363,13 +363,13 @@ def test_load_from_dict_single_table(self):
         instance = Metadata.load_from_dict(my_metadata)
 
         # Assert
-        assert list(instance.tables.keys()) == ['default_table_name']
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].columns == {'my_column': 'value'}
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].primary_key == 'pk'
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_key is None
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].alternate_keys == []
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_index is None
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name']._version == 'SINGLE_TABLE_V1'
+        assert list(instance.tables.keys()) == ['table']
+        assert instance.tables['table'].columns == {'my_column': 'value'}
+        assert instance.tables['table'].primary_key == 'pk'
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_key is None
+        assert instance.tables['table'].alternate_keys == []
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_index is None
+        assert instance.tables['table']._version == 'SINGLE_TABLE_V1'
 
     def test_load_from_dict_integer_single_table(self):
         """Test that ``load_from_dict`` returns a instance of single-table ``Metadata``.
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ def test_load_from_dict_integer_single_table(self):
         instance = Metadata.load_from_dict(my_metadata)
 
         # Assert
-        assert list(instance.tables.keys()) == ['default_table_name']
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].columns == {'1': 'value'}
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].primary_key == 'pk'
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_key is None
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].alternate_keys == []
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_index is None
+        assert list(instance.tables.keys()) == ['table']
+        assert instance.tables['table'].columns == {'1': 'value'}
+        assert instance.tables['table'].primary_key == 'pk'
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_key is None
+        assert instance.tables['table'].alternate_keys == []
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_index is None
 
     @patch('sdv.metadata.multi_table.SingleTableMetadata')
     def test__set_metadata_multi_table(self, mock_singletablemetadata):
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ def test__set_metadata_single_table(self):
         instance._set_metadata_dict(single_table_metadata)
 
         # Assert
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].columns == {'my_column': 'value'}
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].primary_key == 'pk'
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].alternate_keys == []
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_key is None
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].sequence_index is None
-        assert instance.tables['default_table_name'].METADATA_SPEC_VERSION == 'SINGLE_TABLE_V1'
+        assert instance.tables['table'].columns == {'my_column': 'value'}
+        assert instance.tables['table'].primary_key == 'pk'
+        assert instance.tables['table'].alternate_keys == []
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_key is None
+        assert instance.tables['table'].sequence_index is None
+        assert instance.tables['table'].METADATA_SPEC_VERSION == 'SINGLE_TABLE_V1'
 
     def test_validate(self):
         """Test the method ``validate``.