Random Name Picker — Draw a Random Name Online

How to run a fair draw

How the random pick works

Each draw selects uniformly at random from the names currently in the list using Math.random(), the same source of randomness behind card shufflers and dice apps in the browser. Every remaining name has exactly the same chance of being picked.

When you pick several names at once, they are drawn without replacement, so one draw can never produce the same winner twice.

Ideas for using it

• Raffles and giveaways: paste every ticket holder, draw the winner, and remove them before the next prize.
• Meetings and classrooms: pick who presents first, who takes notes, or who answers next.
• Games: decide who goes first, split into random teams by drawing alternate sides, or draw truth-or-dare volunteers.
• Chores and rota duty: let the picker assign who does what this week.

Keeping it fair

The history below the picker records every draw in this session, so participants can see that nothing was skipped or repeated. Blank lines in your list are ignored automatically, and duplicate entries count as separate chances — if someone appears twice, they have twice the odds, which is exactly how ticket-based raffles should behave.