diff --git a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/index.ts b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/index.ts
index 76b01c413615..426c6747eff7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export {
 export {
   resolveRouteNameAndSource,
   getNormalizedName,
+  getRootRoutes,
   locationIsInsideDescendantRoute,
   prefixWithSlash,
   rebuildRoutePathFromAllRoutes,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.tsx b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.tsx
index 629b839d11ad..f18a90a3fb07 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { checkRouteForAsyncHandler } from './lazy-routes';
 import {
   clearNavigationContext,
   getActiveRootSpan,
+  getRootRoutes,
   resolveRouteNameAndSource,
   setNavigationContext,
   transactionNameHasWildcard,
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ export function updateNavigationSpan(
   const shouldUpdate = !hasBeenNamed || forceUpdate || currentNameHasWildcard;
 
   if (shouldUpdate && !end_timestamp) {
-    const currentBranches = config.matchRoutes(allRoutes, location);
+    const currentBranches = config.matchRoutes(getRootRoutes(allRoutes), location);
     const [name, source] = resolveRouteNameAndSource(
       location,
       allRoutes,
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@ export function handleNavigation(opts: {
   const { location, routes, navigationType, version, config, matches, allRoutes } = opts;
   const branches = Array.isArray(matches)
     ? matches
-    : config.matchRoutes(allRoutes || routes, location, config.basename);
+    : config.matchRoutes(getRootRoutes(allRoutes || routes), location, config.basename);
 
   const client = getClient();
   if (!client || !config.instrumentNavigation) {
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ function updatePageloadTransaction({
 }): void {
   const branches = Array.isArray(matches)
     ? matches
-    : (config.matchRoutes(allRoutes || routes, location, config.basename) as unknown as RouteMatch[]);
+    : (config.matchRoutes(getRootRoutes(allRoutes || routes), location, config.basename) as unknown as RouteMatch[]);
 
   if (branches) {
     const [name, source] = resolveRouteNameAndSource(
@@ -1263,7 +1264,11 @@ function tryUpdateSpanNameBeforeEnd(
 
     const currentAllRoutes = Array.from(allRoutes);
     const routesToUse = currentAllRoutes.length > 0 ? currentAllRoutes : routes;
-    const branches = config.matchRoutes(routesToUse, location, config.basename) as unknown as RouteMatch[];
+    const branches = config.matchRoutes(
+      getRootRoutes(routesToUse),
+      location,
+      config.basename,
+    ) as unknown as RouteMatch[];
 
     if (!branches) {
       return;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.ts b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.ts
index 9f33127c8ce1..ce0a0699352a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,15 @@ function reconstructNameFromDescendantParent(
   return remainingName ? prefixWithSlash(`${parentTemplate}${prefixWithSlash(remainingName)}`) : undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the routes that aren't a child of another route in the list.
+ * `matchRoutes` already walks each route's children, so also passing those children multiplies its work.
+ */
+export function getRootRoutes(routes: RouteObject[]): RouteObject[] {
+  const nestedRoutes = new Set(routes.flatMap(route => route.children ?? []));
+  return routes.filter(route => !nestedRoutes.has(route));
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if the current location is inside a descendant route (route with splat parameter).
  */
@@ -239,17 +248,11 @@ export function locationIsInsideDescendantRoute(
   routes: RouteObject[],
   matchRoutes: MatchRoutes,
 ): boolean {
-  const matchedRoutes = matchRoutes(routes, location) as RouteMatch[];
-
-  if (matchedRoutes) {
-    for (const match of matchedRoutes) {
-      if (routeIsDescendant(match.route) && pickSplat(match)) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  return matchesAreInsideDescendantRoute(matchRoutes(getRootRoutes(routes), location) as RouteMatch[] | null);
+}
 
-  return false;
+function matchesAreInsideDescendantRoute(matches: RouteMatch[] | null): boolean {
+  return !!matches?.some(match => routeIsDescendant(match.route) && pickSplat(match));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -348,7 +351,10 @@ export function resolveRouteNameAndSource(
   let name: string | undefined;
   let source: TransactionSource = 'url';
 
-  const isInDescendantRoute = locationIsInsideDescendantRoute(location, allRoutes, matchRoutes);
+  // `branches` were matched with the basename, which the descendant route lookups don't strip.
+  const isInDescendantRoute = basename
+    ? locationIsInsideDescendantRoute(location, allRoutes, matchRoutes)
+    : matchesAreInsideDescendantRoute(branches);
 
   if (isInDescendantRoute) {
     name = prefixWithSlash(rebuildRoutePathFromAllRoutes(allRoutes, location, matchRoutes));
diff --git a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.test.tsx b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.test.tsx
index fd6f00d13690..07dd0e5b66ac 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/instrumentation.test.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ vi.mock('../../src/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils', () => ({
     return name.includes('/*') || name === '*' || name.endsWith('*');
   }),
   getActiveRootSpan: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+  getRootRoutes: vi.fn((routes: unknown[]) => routes),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('../../src/reactrouter-compat-utils/lazy-routes', () => ({
diff --git a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.test.ts b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.test.ts
index e2a1e7f9a256..7e1435521dc7 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-compat-utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   getNavigationContext,
   getNormalizedName,
   getNumberOfUrlSegments,
+  getRootRoutes,
   locationIsInsideDescendantRoute,
   pathEndsWithWildcard,
   pathIsWildcardAndHasChildren,
@@ -247,6 +248,17 @@ describe('reactrouter-compat-utils/utils', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('getRootRoutes', () => {
+    it('should drop routes whose parent is also in the list', () => {
+      const leaf: RouteObject = { path: 'account' };
+      const settings: RouteObject = { path: 'settings', children: [leaf] };
+      const root: RouteObject = { path: '/', children: [settings] };
+      const descendant: RouteObject = { path: '/users/*', element: 'div' };
+
+      expect(getRootRoutes([root, settings, leaf, descendant])).toEqual([root, descendant]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('locationIsInsideDescendantRoute', () => {
     it('should return true when location is inside descendant route', () => {
       const routes: RouteObject[] = [
@@ -541,16 +553,6 @@ describe('reactrouter-compat-utils/utils', () => {
         { path: '/users', element: null },
       ];
       const branches: RouteMatch[] = [
-        {
-          route: { path: '/users', element: null },
-          params: {},
-          pathname: '/users',
-          pathnameBase: '',
-        },
-      ];
-
-      // Mock for descendant route check
-      const descendantMatches: RouteMatch[] = [
         {
           route: { path: '/users/*', element: 'div' },
           params: { '*': '123/profile' },
@@ -569,9 +571,7 @@ describe('reactrouter-compat-utils/utils', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      mockMatchRoutes
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(descendantMatches) // First call for descendant check
-        .mockReturnValueOnce(rebuildMatches); // Second call for path rebuild
+      mockMatchRoutes.mockReturnValueOnce(rebuildMatches);
 
       const result = resolveRouteNameAndSource(location, routes, allRoutes, branches, makeConfig());
       // Since locationIsInsideDescendantRoute returns true, it uses route source
diff --git a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-cross-usage.test.tsx b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-cross-usage.test.tsx
index 580cd11841df..2c8a15789370 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/reactrouter-cross-usage.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/reactrouter-cross-usage.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   matchRoutes,
   MemoryRouter,
   Navigate,
+  Outlet,
   Route,
   RouterProvider,
   Routes,
@@ -911,4 +912,57 @@ describe('React Router cross usage of wrappers', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('nested route matching', () => {
+    it('should name navigations after the route the router renders, not a nested route matched on its own', async () => {
+      const client = createMockBrowserClient();
+      setCurrentClient(client);
+
+      client.addIntegration(
+        reactRouterV6BrowserTracingIntegration({
+          useEffect: React.useEffect,
+          useLocation,
+          useNavigationType,
+          createRoutesFromChildren,
+          matchRoutes,
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const createSentryMemoryRouter = wrapCreateMemoryRouterV6(createMemoryRouter);
+
+      const router = createSentryMemoryRouter([
+        {
+          path: '/',
+          element: <Outlet />,
+          children: [
+            { path: ':orgId', element: <div>Org</div> },
+            {
+              path: 'settings',
+              element: <Outlet />,
+              children: [{ path: 'account', element: <div>Account settings</div> }],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      render(<RouterProvider router={router} />);
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        router.navigate('/account');
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => expect(mockStartBrowserTracingNavigationSpan).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+
+      expect(router.state.matches.map(match => match.route.path)).toEqual(['/', ':orgId']);
+      expect(mockStartBrowserTracingNavigationSpan).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(expect.any(BrowserClient), {
+        name: '/:orgId',
+        attributes: {
+          [SENTRY_SEGMENT_NAME_SOURCE]: 'route',
+          [URL_TEMPLATE]: '/:orgId',
+          [SENTRY_OP]: 'navigation',
+          [SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.navigation.react.reactrouter_v6',
+        },
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });