The present invention relates to the field of automatic testing and discloses an automatic detection method and an automatic detection unit for menu names According to the present invention, the automatic detection method for the menu name comprises the following steps of: decompiling each install package to produce each target text file; acquiring a current name of each menu from each target text file; and according to the acquired current name of each menu of each install package and a preset standard name of each menu of each install package, generating menu name detection information. According to the automatic detection method and the automatic detection unit for the menu names, which are provided by the present invention, not only are the menu names enabled to be time-saving and labor-saving to detect and testing cost is greatly reduced, but also detection accuracy is improved.