diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
index b7d17d1abbe91..45a5efa574bf9 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v2.1.0.rst
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ Other
 - Bug in :meth:`DataFrame.reindex` with a ``fill_value`` that should be inferred with a :class:`ExtensionDtype` incorrectly inferring ``object`` dtype (:issue:`52586`)
 - Bug in :meth:`Series.map` when giving a callable to an empty series, the returned series had ``object`` dtype. It now keeps the original dtype (:issue:`52384`)
 - Bug in :meth:`Series.memory_usage` when ``deep=True`` throw an error with Series of objects and the returned value is incorrect, as it does not take into account GC corrections (:issue:`51858`)
--
+- Fixed incorrect ``__name__`` attribute of ``pandas._libs.json`` (:issue:`52898`)
 
 .. ***DO NOT USE THIS SECTION***
 
diff --git a/pandas/_libs/src/ujson/python/ujson.c b/pandas/_libs/src/ujson/python/ujson.c
index c12f88d2f9354..5c87ee6dd7ddc 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/src/ujson/python/ujson.c
+++ b/pandas/_libs/src/ujson/python/ujson.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int module_clear(PyObject *m);
 static void module_free(void *module);
 
 static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {.m_base = PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
-                                       .m_name = "_libjson",
+                                       .m_name = "pandas._libs.json",
                                        .m_methods = ujsonMethods,
                                        .m_size = sizeof(modulestate),
                                        .m_traverse = module_traverse,
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py b/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
index 6b635a4f46972..0df6b1eef72c0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/json/test_ujson.py
@@ -694,6 +694,10 @@ def e(self):
         test_object = _TestObject(a=1, b=2, _c=3, d=4)
         assert ujson.decode(ujson.encode(test_object)) == {"a": 1, "b": 2, "d": 4}
 
+    def test_ujson__name__(self):
+        # GH 52898
+        assert ujson.__name__ == "pandas._libs.json"
+
 
 class TestNumpyJSONTests:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("bool_input", [True, False])