JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME2<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
<span class="name">SOMEUSERNAME3<span class="meta">20 friends</span></span>
JavaScript
var elems = document.querySelectorAll('.name');
users = [];
for (var i=elems.length; i--;) {
users.push(elems[i].firstChild.nodeValue);
}
console.log(users)