Are you curious about the owner of an Instagram account? Perhaps you want to determine if the account is legitimate or not. While finding someone’s real name on Instagram might not always be easy, it’s not impossible.

This article will guide you on how to uncover the complete name of the person who owns the Instagram profile.

1. Check Their Bio

The easiest method to find out someone’s real name on Instagram is to check their bio. Sometimes, people may use a pseudonym instead of their real name as their Instagram username. However, some might still list their real name on their profile. You can check their bio or any other information they have added to their profile and see if that gives you any clue.

2. Check Their Posts & Comments

If the person you are interested in is active on Instagram, you might be able to identify them by looking for their posts and comments. You might want to start with tagged photos. If the person you are interested in has been tagged in photos, you can click on the tagged photos and check if any of them have a caption that includes their real name.

Sometimes people add text or stickers to their Stories, which might include their names, so you might want to check their Stories. Additionally, you can check their comments and see if any of their friends have ever typed their names there.

3. Run a Reverse Username Search

Many people recycle their usernames on different social networks, so chances are you might be also to track down the person on other social media by running a reverse username search. While this might not reveal the person’s full name, it will provide you with more information about the person and help you move further in your investigation.

You might want to start with Google. Simply enter the Instagram username and Google will retrieve all the web pages containing the information, which could be social media pages mentioning the same username, or online forums it appears on. If you don’t get the results you need on Google, try an alternative search engine like Bing.

4. Conduct a Reverse Image lookup

Same as the username, many people like to use the same profile picture on different platforms, so you might want to run a reverse image search to see if you can find the person’s accounts on other sites.

All you need to do is upload a screenshot of the person’s profile picture or their selfie into a reverse image lookup tool. It can help you find webpages where the same image has appeared, or display similar photos. You can use a free image lookup tool like Google Images and TinEye.

If you would like more accurate results, consider a paid tool like Social Catfish Reverse Image Lookup tool.

5. Use People Search Engines

There are many third-party tools available that are designed to help you identify someone you know online, called people search engines. These tools extract information from public records, online forums, and social media and might provide you with more information than you can get from a simple Google search.

For example, you can look up the person’s Instagram username with Social Catfish and see if there is anything in its database associated with the exact username.

You can also run a reverse name search with Social Catfish to see if someone you met online is really who they said they are. This will generate a background report on the person, which includes the person’s age, contact details, social media accounts, education information, and employment history.