diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/src/web-vitals/inp.ts b/packages/browser-utils/src/web-vitals/inp.ts
index 04c6e7d86c44..a0f7124fb944 100644
--- a/packages/browser-utils/src/web-vitals/inp.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/src/web-vitals/inp.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const LAST_INTERACTIONS: number[] = [];
 const INTERACTIONS_SPAN_MAP = new Map<number, InteractionContext>();
 
 // Map to store element names by timestamp, since we get the DOM event before the PerformanceObserver entry
+/** What `htmlTreeAsString` returns when it cannot describe the target. */
+const UNKNOWN_ELEMENT_NAME = '<unknown>';
+
 const ELEMENT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_MAP = new Map<number, string>();
 
 /**
@@ -84,6 +87,20 @@ export function registerInpInteractionListener(): void {
     const elementName = htmlTreeAsString(target);
     const timestamp = Math.round(event.timeStamp);
 
+    // Not every event of an interaction has a describable target, and one that doesn't would
+    // otherwise claim the timestamp and leave the span unnamed.
+    if (!elementName || elementName === UNKNOWN_ELEMENT_NAME) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Every event of one interaction shares a timestamp, and so do the `pointerover`/`mouseover`
+    // the browser fires afterwards when a handler swaps out the element under the cursor. Those
+    // arrive last and describe the new DOM, so keeping the first usable name is what pins the entry
+    // to the element that was actually interacted with.
+    if (ELEMENT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_MAP.has(timestamp)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Store the element name by timestamp so we can match it with the PerformanceEntry
     ELEMENT_NAME_TIMESTAMP_MAP.set(timestamp, elementName);
 
@@ -114,7 +131,7 @@ export function registerInpInteractionListener(): void {
       }
     }
 
-    return elementName || '<unknown>';
+    return elementName || UNKNOWN_ELEMENT_NAME;
   }
 
   const handleEntries = ({ entries }: { entries: PerformanceEntry[] }): void => {
diff --git a/packages/browser-utils/test/web-vitals/inp.test.ts b/packages/browser-utils/test/web-vitals/inp.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad21d8c86b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browser-utils/test/web-vitals/inp.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment jsdom
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const windowListeners = vi.hoisted(() => new Map<string, (event: unknown) => void>());
+const performanceHandlers = vi.hoisted(() => new Map<string, (data: { entries: unknown[] }) => void>());
+
+// `isBrowser()` is false under vitest even with the jsdom environment, and it gates the listeners.
+vi.mock('@sentry/core', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual('@sentry/core');
+  return { ...actual, isBrowser: () => true };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../src/types', () => ({
+  WINDOW: {
+    addEventListener: (type: string, listener: (event: unknown) => void) => windowListeners.set(type, listener),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../src/instrumentation/performanceObserver', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual('../../src/instrumentation/performanceObserver');
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    addPerformanceInstrumentationHandler: (type: string, callback: (data: { entries: unknown[] }) => void) => {
+      performanceHandlers.set(type, callback);
+      return () => undefined;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+/** Each test needs a fresh module: the element name cache is per page, so it's module-level. */
+async function loadInp() {
+  vi.resetModules();
+  return import('../../src/web-vitals/inp');
+}
+
+/** A target `htmlTreeAsString` can describe, versus one it cannot (yields `<unknown>`). */
+function element(id: string): unknown {
+  return { tagName: 'DIV', id, nodeType: 1 };
+}
+
+/** Names the interaction by feeding an entry whose `target` is gone, forcing the timestamp lookup. */
+function nameFor(interactionId: number, startTime: number): void {
+  performanceHandlers.get('event')?.({
+    entries: [{ entryType: 'event', name: 'click', interactionId, startTime, duration: 100, target: null }],
+  });
+}
+
+describe('INP element name cache', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    windowListeners.clear();
+    performanceHandlers.clear();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the first name when later events of the same interaction describe a different element', async () => {
+    const { getCachedInteractionContext, registerInpInteractionListener } = await loadInp();
+    registerInpInteractionListener();
+
+    // The whole sequence shares a timestamp. The trailing `pointerover` is what the browser fires
+    // once the click handler has swapped out the element under the cursor.
+    windowListeners.get('click')?.({ target: element('clicked'), timeStamp: 1000 });
+    windowListeners.get('pointerover')?.({ target: element('replacement'), timeStamp: 1000 });
+
+    nameFor(42, 1000);
+
+    expect(getCachedInteractionContext(42)?.elementName).toBe('div#clicked');
+  });
+
+  it('replaces an unresolvable name with a real one from the same interaction', async () => {
+    const { getCachedInteractionContext, registerInpInteractionListener } = await loadInp();
+    registerInpInteractionListener();
+
+    // Targets that are not elements cannot be described, and they can come first in the sequence.
+    windowListeners.get('pointerover')?.({ target: {}, timeStamp: 2000 });
+    windowListeners.get('click')?.({ target: element('clicked'), timeStamp: 2000 });
+
+    nameFor(43, 2000);
+
+    expect(getCachedInteractionContext(43)?.elementName).toBe('div#clicked');
+  });
+
+  it('reports an unresolvable name when nothing in the interaction resolves', async () => {
+    const { getCachedInteractionContext, registerInpInteractionListener } = await loadInp();
+    registerInpInteractionListener();
+
+    windowListeners.get('click')?.({ target: {}, timeStamp: 3000 });
+
+    nameFor(44, 3000);
+
+    expect(getCachedInteractionContext(44)?.elementName).toBe('<unknown>');
+  });
+});