- The band originated in Poway, California, which has an area code of 619. They wanted a name that would include the area code, so they came up with Blink-182.
- The band name was taken from the film GATTACA, released in 1997. In the film, GATTACA is a fictional space station located on one of Jupiter's moons. In one of the scenes, the main character is searching for a file named "Section 182".