Is there a way to automate file creation based on a template with content in the file being different based on a list?

That was very wordy and I can not at the time make it any better.
I have a template of a decal. I want to make many of these decals but with a different name on each decal. Is there some way I can feed a list to Illustrator and have it automatically generate the decal files, with the text changed in each file to a name on the list? That way I don't have to open up the same template, 30, 40, 50 times and manually change the text content for every name I need.

The Variable Data function should be the direction to take for this type of workflow.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/14.0/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-6298a.htm l
This link will give you a quick overview.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/14.0/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-62a2a.htm l
This is not something I do everyday. Only done this on a couple of jobs which had to have text change in a couple of places with a static background. I don't see a need for this function much with my current workflow, seems like the setup of the template file with variables takes longer than just creating the 12 or 15 files needed. But if you have to create 500 files from one template and can determine what variables need to change then this may be something you want to get good at.

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