Xbox is arguably the most popular gaming platform at the moment. And it’s not just about games, but rather a social media platform where people can hang out together online. We can share our scores, highlights, and even make friends with a total stranger. And if you want to find out who’s behind an Xbox account, getting their real names would definitely be a great start.

In this post, we’ll show you several different ways to find someone’s real name on Xbox.

How to find someone’s real name on Xbox

To find someone’s real name on Xbox, simply try the following steps. But note that you may need a little patience and luck to get what you want.

Step 1: Get the Gamertag

So first you need to get that person’s Gamertag. If you don’t know what it is, think of it as the Xbox username that everyone can see. You can find it in your FRIENDS list or in a CHAT party. Also you can try searching in the Xbox app on your phone. The Gamertag could be the key to finding someone’s identity.

Once you have the Gamertag of that person, continue to the next step.

Step 2: Search the Gamertag to locate the real name

You’re probably wondering what you can do with a Gamertag. Well, the vast majority of people who use services online stick to the same username from site to site. Which means many players could be using their social media username as Gamertag. So once you found the Gamertag, you can try to reverse it with some third party tools below.

1. BeenVerified

BeenVerified is a people search tool that allows you to search someone’s real name by their usernames. By collecting millions of records from social media, BeenVerified makes it possible to search and reverse lookup usernames on 55+ social networks. With BeenVerified you may find that person’s name, phone number, photos and social media profiles.

Step 1: Go to the BeenVerified search page.

Step 2: Enter the Gamertag (without #1234) and click SEARCH.

Step 3: Wait for BeenVerified to search its data sources. Once it locates a match, it’ll generate a report containing all the available information, which could include the real name, phone number, current address and more.

2. Spokeo

If you have no luck with BeenVerified, give Spokeo a try. Starting out as a social media aggregator, Spokeo now supports reverse username lookup in 120+ social media sites. It’s surely a powerful alternative when it comes to social media search.

1. First go to Spokeo Username Search.
2. Enter the Gamertag you wish to track and hit SEARCH NOW.
   
3. It may take a few seconds for Spokeo to search the data sources. Once it finds a match, you should be able to see the name, phone number and available profiles on 120+ social medias.
   

3. Google

You can also try searching the Gamertag on Google. Being the largest search engine online, Google has access to various social platforms and websites. If that person is active on the internet, the search result may surprise you. There’re already gamers shared in their comments that they managed to pull email addresses, social media accounts and even real names from a single gamertag using this method.¹

While it does seems simple enough, you can use some technique to refine your results. For example, you can double quote the Gamertag so that Google won’t split the word.

How to protect your identity on Xbox

There’re Xbox gamers reporting that someone messaged their real name in game, though they’re sure the account isn’t linked to any other social media accounts.²

It’s not uncommon that we use identical or similar username across site to site, sometimes we just forgot these cases exist. If you’re worry about your online privacy, you can google your primary gamertag/username and see if there’re anything that can trace back to you. You can also search the username on people search engines and check if the username is compromised.

Bottom line

It may take some time and efforts to find who owns an Xbox account. While you may hit the jackpot just by searching on Google or social media, a more effective plan B could be searching the name with people search services. They can be helpful in some common cases, like when you want to get in touch and strike a deal with a retired gamer who happens to have a gamertag you want, and you don’t want to wait another 2 years to get it³.

While it’s not illegal to find who owns an Xbox account, it may be against the law if you use the information with malicious intents. So be careful with the information you found online and do not use it for illegal activities such as harassing, stalking and harming the others.

1. poluting. (2023, September 20). I once told this dude his password and address. [Comment on the online forum post How are people finding out address from a gamer tag or ip address in general]. Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/16n6j4e/how_are_people_finding_out_address_from_a_gamer/k1cuv6r/ ↩︎
2. leztookanuke. (2023, November 12). So I killed a guy in GTA by mistake, messaged him to apologise, then he sent back my real name (obviously covered). Is it possible to get someone’s details like this since I was on an account which has no connection to any of my real details? [Online forum post]. https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSupport/comments/17tjq00/so_i_killed_a_guy_in_gta_by_mistake_messaged_him/ ↩︎
3. EmmaMI. (2022, February 4). I want to find someone email on Xbox to email them if I can have there gamer tag. [Online forum post]. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/i-want-to-find-someone-email-on-xbox-to-email-them/ ↩︎