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Name Intelligence

Name Lookup & Social Graph Search

Enter any full name and IRBIS maps their entire digital identity — surfacing linked social accounts, usernames, web presence, and identity signals from across the public internet.

200+ platforms searched
Social graph mapping
GDPR compliant
Identity mapped
12 profiles found
Cross-platform match
Name Social Graph
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J. ANDERSON NAME LOOKUP
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What you get

Every signal behind a name

Submit a full name and IRBIS returns a structured identity map — social accounts, usernames, web presence, linked contacts, and consistency signals.

Social Graph Mapping
Discover all social media accounts linked to the name across LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, GitHub, Facebook, and 200+ other platforms in a single search.
Username Discovery
Surface all usernames and handles associated with the name across platforms — revealing the full breadth of someone's online identity footprint.
Profile Enrichment
Each matched profile is enriched with platform context, profile URLs, account age signals, and identity consistency indicators.
Web Presence Score
A depth-of-presence signal showing how established and consistent the identity is across the web — useful for fraud detection and KYC confidence scoring.
Contact Signal Linking
Where available, IRBIS links the name to associated emails, phone numbers, and other contact identifiers found across public sources.
Cross-Platform Consistency
Analyze whether the identity is consistent across platforms — matching names, photos, and bios — or shows signs of fragmented or synthetic identity patterns.
How it works

From name to social graph in four steps

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Submit the name
Pass a full name to the IRBIS API — optionally add location or known affiliations for narrower results
2
Scan 200+ platforms
IRBIS queries social networks, professional directories, forums, and public web sources simultaneously
3
Map the graph
Matched profiles are cross-referenced and organized into a structured identity map with confidence signals
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Receive results
A normalized JSON response returns matched profiles, platform URLs, usernames, and linked identifiers
Who uses it

Built for every team that starts with a name

Name lookup is foundational for any workflow where all you have is a person's name — and you need to build a full identity picture from it.

OSINT & Investigations
Build a complete digital identity map starting from a name alone. Surface all public-facing accounts, usernames, and web presence for investigative research and due diligence.
KYC & Compliance
Validate that a customer's provided name is consistent with their broader digital identity. Use web presence depth as a supplementary KYC signal during onboarding.
HR & Background Screening
Verify applicant names against their claimed online professional presence. Cross-reference LinkedIn, GitHub, and other professional profiles to confirm identity and credentials.
Finance & AML
Cross-reference customer names against public profiles as part of AML screening. Thin or inconsistent name presence signals higher synthetic identity risk.
Sales & B2B Research
Enrich prospect names with full social graph data before outreach. Discover the right platforms, usernames, and professional signals to personalize your approach.
Marketplace Trust & Safety
Verify that a user's provided name corresponds to a real, consistent online identity — reducing fake accounts, impersonation, and trust abuse on your platform.
API response fields

Every field returned by the name API

Structured social graph data in one normalized JSON response — profiles, usernames, platform context, and presence signals.

Matched social profiles & URLsAlways returned
Usernames & handles per platformAlways returned
Web presence depth scoreAlways returned
Linked email addressesWhen available
Linked phone numbersWhen available
Identity consistency scoreWhen available
name-lookup-response.json
// POST /api/developer/name_socialscan { "id": 6612874, "status": "completed", "name": "James Anderson", "profiles_found": 12, "presence_score": 84, "consistency_score": 91, "profiles": [ { "platform": "LinkedIn", "url": "linkedin.com/in/janderson", "username": "janderson", "confidence": 0.96 }, { "platform": "GitHub", "url": "github.com/janderson-dev", "username": "janderson-dev", "confidence": 0.89 }, { "platform": "Twitter", "url": "twitter.com/janderson", "username": "janderson", "confidence": 0.92 } ], "usernames": [ "janderson", "janderson-dev", "j.anderson" ], "linked_email": "j.anderson@gmail.com", "linked_phone": "+14155552671" }
FAQ

Common questions

IRBIS searches for all publicly available social media profiles, usernames, and web presence associated with the submitted name across 200+ platforms — returning matched URLs, platform names, usernames, and identity confidence signals.
Each result includes a confidence score. Common names may return multiple candidates — adding location or employer context to the API call significantly improves precision. Results are ranked by confidence.
Yes. The API accepts full names, nicknames, and name variations. Supplying additional context — like location, company, or known username — narrows the results and increases confidence scores significantly.
Yes. All searches are completely confidential. The person being searched is never notified. IRBIS only retrieves publicly available information. ESPY is GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified.
Absolutely. You can chain name lookup results into phone, email, or facial recognition lookups to build a complete identity profile. The People Score also accepts a name as one of its four input signals.
Name lookup uses an async job model. Submit the request, receive a job ID, and poll for results — typically completing within 15–30 seconds as 200+ platforms are queried in parallel.
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