diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/fetch-challenges-saga.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/fetch-challenges-saga.js
index 95413a28e0a..5ad27638d34 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/fetch-challenges-saga.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/fetch-challenges-saga.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from './actions';
 import {
   createMapUi,
-  filterComingSoonBetaFromEntities
+  filterComingSoonBetaFromEntities,
+  searchableChallengeTitles
 } from '../utils';
 import {
   delayedRedirect,
@@ -69,12 +70,18 @@ export default function fetchChallengesSaga(action$, getState, { services }) {
             entities,
             isDev
           );
+          const searchNames = searchableChallengeTitles(filteredEntities);
           return Observable.of(
             fetchChallengesCompleted(
               createNameIdMap(filteredEntities),
               result
             ),
-            initMap(createMapUi(filteredEntities, result)),
+            initMap(
+              createMapUi(
+                filteredEntities,
+                result,
+                searchNames
+              )),
           );
         })
         .catch(createErrorObservable);
diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
index bf99e7b85dd..3d20cf9eda8 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ export function filterComingSoonBetaFromEntities(
   };
 }
 
+export function searchableChallengeTitles({ challenge: challengeMap } = {}) {
+  return Object.keys(challengeMap)
+    .map(dashedName => challengeMap[dashedName])
+    .reduce((accu, current) => {
+        accu[current.dashedName] = current.title;
+        return accu;
+      }
+    , {});
+}
+
 // interface Node {
 //   isHidden: Boolean,
 //   children: Void|[ ...Node ],
@@ -328,7 +338,8 @@ export function filterComingSoonBetaFromEntities(
 // }
 export function createMapUi(
   { superBlock: superBlockMap, block: blockMap } = {},
-  superBlocks
+  superBlocks,
+  searchNameMap
 ) {
   if (!superBlocks || !superBlockMap || !blockMap) {
     return {};
@@ -347,6 +358,7 @@ export function createMapUi(
             children: protect(blockMap[block]).challenges.map(challenge => {
               return {
                 name: challenge,
+                title: searchNameMap[challenge],
                 isHidden: false,
                 children: null
               };
@@ -455,7 +467,7 @@ export function applyFilterToMap(tree, filterRegex) {
       // if leaf (challenge) then test if regex is a match
       if (!Array.isArray(node.children)) {
         // does challenge name meet filter criteria?
-        if (filterRegex.test(node.name)) {
+        if (filterRegex.test(node.title)) {
           // is challenge currently hidden?
           if (node.isHidden) {
             // unhide challenge, it matches
diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js
index 3030d4bdae8..a93cf6845d3 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.test.js
@@ -989,7 +989,10 @@ test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
             ]
           }
         }
-      }, ['superBlockA']);
+      },
+      ['superBlockA'],
+      { challengeA: 'ChallengeA title'}
+    );
       t.plan(3);
       t.equal(actual.children[0].name, expected.children[0].name);
       t.equal(
@@ -1155,21 +1158,21 @@ test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
     });
     t.test('should update child that is hidden', t => {
       t.plan(1);
-      const expected = { name: 'bar', isHidden: false };
-      const input = { name: 'bar', isHidden: true };
+      const expected = { title: 'bar', isHidden: false };
+      const input = { title: 'bar', isHidden: true };
       const actual = applyFilterToMap(input, /bar/);
       t.deepLooseEqual(actual, expected);
     });
     t.test('should unhide child that matches filter regex', t => {
       t.plan(1);
-      const expected = { name: 'foo' };
-      const actual = applyFilterToMap({ name: 'foo' }, /foo/);
+      const expected = { title: 'foo' };
+      const actual = applyFilterToMap({ title: 'foo' }, /foo/);
       t.deepLooseEqual(actual, expected);
     });
     t.test('should hide child that does not match filter', t => {
       t.plan(1);
-      const expected = { name: 'bar', isHidden: true };
-      const actual = applyFilterToMap({ name: 'bar' }, /foo/);
+      const expected = { title: 'bar', isHidden: true };
+      const actual = applyFilterToMap({ title: 'bar' }, /foo/);
       t.deepLooseEqual(actual, expected);
     });
     t.test('should not touch node that is already hidden', t => {
@@ -1191,8 +1194,8 @@ test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
         name: 'bar',
         isHidden: false,
         children: [
-          { name: 'baz', isHidden: true },
-          { name: 'foo', isHidden: false }
+          { title: 'baz', isHidden: true },
+          { title: 'foo', isHidden: false }
         ]
       };
       const actual = applyFilterToMap(expected, /foo/);
@@ -1225,16 +1228,16 @@ test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
         name: 'bar',
         isHidden: true,
         children: [
-          { name: 'baz', isHidden: true },
-          { name: 'foo', isHidden: false }
+          { title: 'baz', isHidden: true },
+          { title: 'foo', isHidden: false }
         ]
       };
       const expected = {
         name: 'bar',
         isHidden: false,
         children: [
-          { name: 'baz', isHidden: true },
-          { name: 'foo', isHidden: false }
+          { title: 'baz', isHidden: true },
+          { title: 'foo', isHidden: false }
         ]
       };
       const actual = applyFilterToMap(input, /foo/);
@@ -1258,4 +1261,3 @@ test('common/app/routes/challenges/utils', function(t) {
     });
   });
 });
-