Online name badge creator Create professional
name badges in minutes
Import your attendee list, choose a design and get print-ready badges for any event. Every name is checked for fit before you print.
Drop your attendee list here
Excel, CSV or Google Sheets
Google Sheets: download it as CSV, or .
Include the header row if you have one (Name, Company, Role…). Nothing is uploaded.
No sign-up to start. Your list stays in this browser.
Why use Name Badge Creator
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Create quickly
Import a list and every badge is laid out at once.
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Professional designs
Original templates made for long names, roles and QR codes.
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Update & reprint
Import a new list and print just the changes.
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Print anywhere
A print-ready PDF for your own printer or a print shop.
How it works
How to make name badges in four steps
Name Badge Creator is a free name badge maker that runs in your browser: it turns your attendee list into readable, branded badges you print yourself or at a print shop.
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Step 1: Import your list
Upload an Excel or CSV file, paste rows from Google Sheets, or start blank. You confirm which column is the name, company, role and so on. How the import works.
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Step 2: Pick a template and brand it
Choose a designer template, then add your logo, brand colors, fonts and background artwork. Move, resize or add text, images, shapes and QR codes.
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Step 3: Choose a size, then review names
Pick holder inserts, stickers, PVC cards, print-shop pins or cardstock. The review list shows every name that needs a look, longest name first.
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Step 4: Check the proof, then export
See a proof and a mockup, then download a print-ready PDF or PNG files. Only the download needs a free account.
Templates
Designer templates that handle long names
Every template below is drawn by the same engine as your PDF, here with a very short and a very long name. Each design sets a minimum readable text size and a line limit. A name that still doesn’t fit is flagged for you to review. We never cut it off or shrink it until it’s unreadable.
- A longest-name preview shows the hardest badge first.
- ALL CAPS names get an optional Title Case cleanup you preview first.
- Color-coded roles always print the role word, not just a color.
Paper and badge size
Pick your badge size and material
Choose what you print on, and the editor sets up the right layout. You can switch at any time; the design reflows to the new size.
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Holder insert
Paper or card inserts for clear clip-on or lanyard holders, such as 4 × 3 in and 3½ × 2¼ in (Avery 5392 and 5390 compatible).
PDF laid out on the insert sheet
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Adhesive name tag
Peel-and-stick tags for mixers and workshops (Avery 5395 / 8395 compatible).
PDF laid out on the label sheet
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PVC card
CR80 plastic cards (85.6 × 54 mm) for a card printer or a print shop.
One card per page; add 3 mm bleed for print shops
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Print-shop pin
Rigid pin or magnetic badges that a print shop makes for you.
One badge per page with 3 mm bleed and crop marks
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Cardstock
Plain card you cut yourself: 4 × 3 in, 4 × 6 in lanyard badges or A6.
Badges tiled on Letter or A4 with crop marks
Prefer images? Export a ZIP of PNG files at 150, 300 or 600 dpi. Avery and its product numbers are trademarks of Avery Products Corporation; “compatible” means our layout matches the published sheet size, and we are not affiliated.
Real lists, real names
Built for real attendee lists
- Upload .xlsx, .csv or .tsv, or paste rows. Cells are read as text, so leading zeros and accents stay, and formulas or macros never run.
- You confirm the column mapping. We never guess which part of a full name is the first name.
- Each person can carry a QR code from a column, always drawn with its quiet zone so it scans.
- Up to 2,000 people per project, from a five-person workshop to a full conference.
Update and reprint
Lists change right up to the doors opening. Import the new version and you see who was added, who changed and who was removed before anything is applied. Removed people are marked, not deleted, so you can pull their badge.
Print just the changes: export only the new and changed badges instead of the whole run.
Your printer or theirs
Print at home or send to a print shop
The result is a PDF or PNG files that you print. We don’t print or ship badges, and there is no Word file to wrestle with. Print the PDF at 100% (Actual size) on the sheet you picked, after one test page on plain paper.
For a print shop, choose single badges with bleed and crop marks: most shops accept that PDF as it is. Our printing guide covers alignment and partly used sheets, and how to make name badges walks through a whole event.
Making stickers instead? The same name tag maker lays out peel-and-stick sheets compatible with Avery 5395.
Free during launch
Free during launch. Exports will cost $10 later. Designing, editing, proofs and mockups need no account. A free account saves this design so you can come back, update the list and reprint.
Your list stays private
Your attendee list stays in your browser. To improve the tool we save the design anonymously, never the names. If you sign in, your projects are stored in your account so you can reprint.