Random name picker
Paste a list of names and spin to choose someone fairly.
Build your wheel
Click the wheel or use the button to spin.
How it works
Add students, coworkers, contestants or family members and let the wheel make a visible random selection. Elimination mode creates a no-repeat order.
Use the name wheel when a group needs a visible, impartial selection. It is quick enough for one name and flexible enough to create a complete randomized order.
Replace the examples or paste your class, team, guest, or entrant list. Keep Remove duplicates on if each person should have one entry.
Use equal odds for a fair name picker. Turn on Remove winner after spin when you need several different people in sequence.
Run the wheel where the group can see it, record the result, then continue to the next draw if needed.
Teachers can choose a student to answer, facilitators can set a speaking order, and families can decide who goes first. Because the names remain visible on the wheel, everyone can check the list before the selection begins.
Enable Remove winner after spin before the first draw. After a name is selected, choose Continue and that name will leave the wheel. Repeat until every person has been assigned a turn or the number of names you need has been reached.
Popular uses
Helpful answers
Yes by default. Turn on Remove winner after spin if each person should be selected only once during the session.
Yes. Select Paste list, add one name per line or separate names with commas, and choose Use list.
The names are processed in your browser. Saving the wheel keeps the list in local browser storage on this device.
You can add the name more than once with duplicate removal off, but Weighted choices is clearer because it shows the intended difference in odds.