Instagram Username Generator

What is the Instagram Username Generator?

The Instagram Username Generator is a free tool that builds username ideas from your name or brand. Add your niche and a style, and it returns up to twelve. Every one follows Instagram's rules: 30 characters at most, only letters, numbers, periods and underscores, and no period at the start, the end or twice in a row.

How to use the Instagram Username Generator

1. Enter the name the username should build on in Your name or brand, such as Priya Sharma.
2. Add What you post about, a word or two such as travel photography, if you want some ideas to include your niche.
3. Pick a Style: Simple, Creative, Professional or Playful.
4. Press Generate usernames and read the list. Each shows its length out of 30.
5. Press Copy on the one you like, then check it is free in Instagram before you set it.

What are the rules for an Instagram username?

An Instagram username can be up to 30 characters and may use only letters, numbers, periods and underscores. It cannot start or end with a period or have two periods in a row, and it cannot contain spaces, hyphens or emoji. Usernames are not case-sensitive, so @PriyaSharma and @priyasharma are the same account.

Every suggestion here is checked against those rules before you see it, and all of them are written in lowercase, the way Instagram shows usernames.

What makes a good Instagram username?

Someone should be able to hear it once and find you. Short, easy to say and easy to spell beats clever, and a long run of numbers makes a name hard to remember. Using your real name or brand keeps it the same across your other accounts.

The Simple style stays close to your name. Professional suits a business or a portfolio. Creative and Playful take more liberties, and when you fill in What you post about, some ideas work in your niche, such as a word for travel or food.

What if the username you want is taken?

Try the variations Instagram allows. A period or an underscore between words, a word for your niche or your city, or a short prefix such as "hey" or "the" can turn a taken name into a free one that still reads as yours.

Generate a few rounds with different styles for more options, then search each one in Instagram. Choose the one closest to your name.