🎯 Random Tool

Name Picker

Paste a list of names, pick one or many at random. Great for classrooms, giveaways, team draws, and tournaments.

Names
8 names
Pool Remaining
8 / 8
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Load your names and hit Pick!
🚫 Pool is empty — reset the pool or load new names to continue.
Pick How Many
i
Mode
i
Remove Picked
No repeats until pool resets
Allow Repeats
Any name can be picked again
List Tools
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Session Stats
i
Total Picked
0
Pool
8/8
Most Picked
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🎯 Popular Use Cases

Perfect any time you need to choose someone at random without bias. Draw a raffle winner, select a student to answer in class, assign Secret Santa pairs, or fairly rotate who handles a shared task.

🏫 Classroom Participation 🎁 Giveaways 🎅 Secret Santa 👥 Team Selection 📋 Task Assignment 🏆 Tournament Seeding 🎲 Party Games 📚 Book Club Order

🎯 How to Use

  • Type or paste names — one per line — in the text box.
  • Click Load Names to fill the pool.
  • Choose how many to pick (1, 2, 3, or 5) in the right panel.
  • Hit Pick! and watch the rolling animation land on a result.
  • Use Reset Pool to restore all names without re-typing them.

⚖️ Remove Picked vs Allow Repeats

Remove Picked (default) removes each winner from the pool — like drawing cards without replacement. Perfect for fair classroom draws and giveaways where no one should be picked twice.

Allow Repeats keeps everyone in the pool every time — statistically independent picks, like rolling a die.

🏆 Tournament Tips

  • Set count to 2 to draw head-to-head matchups.
  • Use Duplicate Names to weight certain players more heavily.
  • Reset Pool between rounds to start fresh from the same list.
  • Copy Pick History at the end to save your bracket order.