diff --git a/src/dvclive/data/sklearn_plot.py b/src/dvclive/data/sklearn_plot.py
index e227e8cd..af24cb13 100644
--- a/src/dvclive/data/sklearn_plot.py
+++ b/src/dvclive/data/sklearn_plot.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class SKLearnPlot(Data):
 
     @property
     def output_path(self) -> Path:
-        _path = Path(f"{self.output_folder / self.name}.json")
+        _name = self.name.replace(".json", "")
+        _path = Path(f"{self.output_folder / _name}.json")
         _path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         return _path
 
diff --git a/src/dvclive/live.py b/src/dvclive/live.py
index 36f064d2..dd11cab3 100644
--- a/src/dvclive/live.py
+++ b/src/dvclive/live.py
@@ -221,13 +221,14 @@ def log_image(self, name: str, val):
         data.dump(val, self._step)
         logger.debug(f"Logged {name}: {val}")
 
-    def log_sklearn_plot(self, name, labels, predictions, **kwargs):
+    def log_sklearn_plot(self, kind, labels, predictions, name=None, **kwargs):
         val = (labels, predictions)
 
+        name = name or kind
         if name in self._plots:
             data = self._plots[name]
-        elif name in PLOTS and PLOTS[name].could_log(val):
-            data = PLOTS[name](name, self.plots_path)
+        elif kind in PLOTS and PLOTS[kind].could_log(val):
+            data = PLOTS[kind](name, self.plots_path)
             self._plots[name] = data
         else:
             raise InvalidPlotTypeError(name)
diff --git a/tests/test_data/test_plot.py b/tests/test_data/test_plot.py
index d00a5d6e..93ce9635 100644
--- a/tests/test_data/test_plot.py
+++ b/tests/test_data/test_plot.py
@@ -137,3 +137,19 @@ def test_cleanup(tmp_dir, y_true_y_pred_y_score):
     Live()
 
     assert not (tmp_dir / live.plots_path / SKLearnPlot.subfolder).exists()
+
+
+def test_custom_name(tmp_dir, y_true_y_pred_y_score):
+    live = Live()
+    out = tmp_dir / live.plots_path / SKLearnPlot.subfolder
+
+    y_true, y_pred, _ = y_true_y_pred_y_score
+
+    live.log_sklearn_plot("confusion_matrix", y_true, y_pred, name="train/cm")
+    live.log_sklearn_plot("confusion_matrix", y_true, y_pred, name="val/cm")
+    # ".json" should be stripped from the name
+    live.log_sklearn_plot("confusion_matrix", y_true, y_pred, name="cm.json")
+
+    assert (out / "train" / "cm.json").exists()
+    assert (out / "val" / "cm.json").exists()
+    assert (out / "cm.json").exists()