Random Name Picker Wheel
Paste a class list, spin, and pick a name fairly — no repeats if you want.
- Ava: 8.3% chance
- Ben: 8.3% chance
- Chloe: 8.3% chance
- Daniel: 8.3% chance
- Emma: 8.3% chance
- Finn: 8.3% chance
- Grace: 8.3% chance
- Hiro: 8.3% chance
- Isla: 8.3% chance
- Jamal: 8.3% chance
- Kira: 8.3% chance
- Leo: 8.3% chance
Press Space or Enter to spin
Add a weight with an asterisk: Alice*3 is three times as likely. Up to 500 entries.
Settings
Recent winners
Spin the wheel and winners will appear here.
A fair way to pick names
The random name picker wheel replaces popsicle sticks and names in a hat. Paste your class or team list into the box — one name per line — and press Spin. Every name gets an equal slice, the winner is picked with crypto.getRandomValues(), and the wheel is steered to land on exactly that name, so what you see is always the real result.
Turn on “Remove winner after spin” to cold-call through the whole class without anyone being picked twice; Undo puts a name back if a student is absent. Your list is saved in this browser automatically on the main wheel, and the Share button creates a link that opens the same list on another device — handy for co-teachers.
Beyond the classroom, people use it to choose a meeting facilitator, pick the next presenter, draw a giveaway winner from comment names, or decide who does the dishes. Go fullscreen on a projector, turn the tick sound on, and the spin itself becomes part of the fun.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I pick a random name from a list?↓
Paste your names into the entries box, one per line, then press Spin or the space bar. Each name has an equal chance and the wheel lands on the name chosen with crypto.getRandomValues().
Can the name picker avoid picking the same person twice?↓
Yes. Tick “Remove winner after spin” and each picked name is removed from the wheel when you close the result. Undo restores the last removed name.
Is my class list uploaded anywhere?↓
No. Names stay in your browser. The list is only saved to this browser’s local storage, and a share link encodes the names in the link itself rather than storing them on a server.
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