Name Picker
Pick a random name from your list with a spinning wheel animation.
Winner
Spin the wheel to pick a winner!
Pick a random name from your list with a spinning wheel animation.
The Random Name Picker tool selects winners, assigns tasks, creates teams, and makes fair choices from any list of names or items. Using cryptographically secure random selection with a beautiful spinning wheel animation, this tool ensures truly unbiased results without favoritism, patterns, or predictability—perfect for classrooms, workplaces, contests, and decision-making.
Eliminates Bias: Human choice unconsciously favors certain options. Random selection removes personal bias, ensuring every entry has equal probability of selection. Particularly important for contests, giveaways, and prize drawings where fairness is essential.
Saves Time: Instead of deliberating over who should present first, which team handles which project, or who wins a raffle, instant random selection provides immediate answers without discussion or debate.
Creates Accountability: Random selection process is transparent and defensible. "The wheel picked you" is inarguable, preventing complaints about unfair manual selection.
3-Second Spin Animation: The wheel spins smoothly for 3 seconds before landing on a winner, creating anticipation and excitement suitable for live events, classroom activities, and contests.
Visual Arrow Pointer: A bright arrow at the top of the wheel clearly marks the winning selection, eliminating any doubt about which entry was selected.
Confetti Celebration: When a winner is selected, celebratory confetti fills the screen, creating a party atmosphere perfect for classrooms, team events, and celebrations.
Classroom Activities: Teachers randomly select students for presentations, answering questions, demonstrations, or leadership roles. Ensures participation distribution and prevents always choosing volunteers.
Team Formation: Project managers assign team members to projects, rotate responsibilities, or select meeting facilitators fairly without manual decision fatigue.
Contests and Giveaways: Social media influencers, businesses, and organizations conduct fair prize drawings from participant lists, ensuring compliance with contest regulations requiring random selection.
Enter names one per line, click spin, and watch the wheel select your winner with style!