Random Name Picker
Paste a list, press Pick, and get a fair random winner — your list never leaves your browser.
How to use
- Paste your list into the box, one item per line — names, prizes, lunch options, anything.
- Choose how many winners to draw, and whether duplicates in the list should be removed first.
- Press Pick. Press it again any time for a fresh draw.
Examples
Giveaway winner
Paste 100 participant names, set winners to 1, enable “remove duplicate lines” so nobody is entered twice, and press Pick.
Who presents first?
Paste your team members and draw 3 winners — the tool returns them in draw order, so you also get 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Drawing event winners in order
Paste the entry list, set the number of winners and draw once. Drawing all winners in a single pass gives a ranked list — first drawn is first place — which is cleaner than running the tool repeatedly and removing names by hand between rounds.
Assigning who goes first
For a review order, a presentation order or a chore rota, drawing the full list without repeats produces a random ordering rather than a single pick. Doing it in front of everyone removes the argument about the order, which is usually the actual reason the order matters.
Recording a draw for accountability
Since the draw is not reproducible, the record is the screenshot or the pasted result, not the tool. For anything with a prize attached, capture the entry list and the result together at the moment of the draw so the two can be checked against each other later.
FAQ
Is the draw actually fair?
Yes. Winners are drawn with the browser’s cryptographic random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), the same class of randomness used for security keys — every line has an equal chance.
Are the names I paste uploaded or logged?
No. The list is processed entirely in your browser, is never sent to our servers, and is not included in analytics.
What does “remove duplicate lines” do?
It deletes repeated entries before drawing so each unique item is entered exactly once. Turn it off if multiple lines should mean multiple entries (weighted chances).
What does “allow repeats” mean?
With repeats on, each winner is drawn from the full list independently, so the same item can win more than once — useful for spinning multiple rounds.
Can I draw more winners than items?
Only with “allow repeats” enabled. Without repeats there are not enough distinct items, and the tool tells you so.
Does the order I paste names in affect the result?
No. The draw does not favour the top or bottom of the list, and sorting the list before drawing changes nothing about who wins. This is worth stating out loud when running a draw for other people, because list order is one of the things participants most often suspect.
Can I weight some entries more heavily?
Not directly, but repeating a name gives it proportionally more chances — a name entered three times in a list of ten has three chances in ten. Turn off duplicate removal for this to work. Be aware that this also means a duplicated name can be drawn more than once if repeats are allowed.
How many entries can it handle?
Enough for any practical draw — thousands of lines paste and draw without noticeable delay, since everything runs locally in the browser. The limit you are likely to hit first is the readability of your own list rather than anything in the tool.