Round five will be held across Easter, with Collingwood scheduled to take on North Melbourne on Easter Saturday at the MCG.
The League's deputy Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan told AFL Media all 18 teams would be part of the trial.
"We've got 80-odd players coming into our game every year, and … we're obviously clearly trying to grow the game in New South Wales and Queensland, as well as in the new communities (that are) part of the third wave of immigration," he said.
"So there's a lot of people we're trying to educate about who our players are generally.
"It's about actually having our players clearly identified to all our fans."
As for why the AFL was trialling names on the backs of jumpers rather than introducing it for an entire season, McLachlan said, "The tradition in our game is incredibly important and we want to see what the reaction is, even though it's got strong support from our clubs.
"There's also an executional element. Our jumpers are different. There's a tight space across the back because they cut in at the sleeves.
"There'll be some restrictions around the size of the letters and how that will work.
"We want to see what it looks like when we actually execute it and if it's going to work."
