Random Name Picker

Paste a list of names and draw a winner at random, or pull several winners at once with no repeats. A free random name picker for giveaways, prize draws, classrooms and team selection. Fair every time, and entirely in your browser.

When you need to pick a winner from a list, a random name picker takes the arguing out of it. Paste your names, choose how many to draw, and get a fair winner picker result in one click, with no repeats unless you ask for them. It is handy as a giveaway winner picker for Instagram or YouTube comments, a raffle drawer, or a classroom name chooser. Nothing is uploaded, so a long entrant export stays on your own machine.

  • No sign-up, ever
  • 100% free
  • Nothing uploaded
  • Works offline after first load
  • No limits, no email wall
Read the guide: How to Pick a Random Name Fairly

8 names entered

Hit Draw to pick a winner

How to use it

  1. 1

    Paste your names

    Put one name on each line. Paste straight from a sheet, a comment thread or a sign-up list.

  2. 2

    Choose how many to draw

    Pick a single winner or several, and decide whether a name can be drawn more than once.

  3. 3

    Draw the winner

    Press draw and the chosen names are revealed. Draw again for another round whenever you like.

When it comes in handy

Social giveaways

Paste the entrants from a comment export and pull one or more winners in front of your audience.

Classrooms

Call on a student fairly, or pick a few for a task without always landing on the same names.

Prize draws

Run an office raffle or a club draw and show that the pick was made at random.

Instant & 100% private — nothing is uploaded

Every keystroke is handled right here in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server, so there is no sign-up, no email wall, and no length cap from us. Load the page once and it keeps working even if you go offline.

Frequently asked questions

Can I draw more than one winner at once?
Yes. Set how many names to pull and they are drawn together. By default each name can only win once, so a draw of three gives you three different people, which is what most giveaways and raffles need.
Will it remove duplicate names?
Lines that repeat are treated as separate entries unless you remove them first, because sometimes the same name really is two different people. If one person should have one chance, clean the list so each appears once before you draw.
What are the odds each name gets picked?
With 50 names and a single draw, each name has a 1 in 50 chance, or 2%. Draw 3 winners with no repeats and the first pick is 1 in 50, the second 1 in 49 and the third 1 in 48, since each winner is taken out of the pool before the next.
How many names can I paste in?
There is no limit we set. The draw runs on your own device, so you can paste a long export of thousands of entrants and still get an instant, fair result.

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