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HTML

<input type="text" class="name_class" value="test 1">
<input type="text" class="name_class" value="test 2">
<input type="text" class="name_class" value="test 3">
<input type="text" class="name_class" value="test 4">
<input type="text" class="name_class" value="test 5">

JavaScript

function name_loop(){
    var names_array = [];
    
    $('.name_class').each(function(index){
        names_array[index] = $.trim($(this).val());
    });
    
    return names_array;
}

console.log(name_loop());