Random Name Picker (One Winner)
Paste a list of names and let the calculator pick one person at random.
Random Name Picker Single
Tools and Utilities • Randomizers and Grouping
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the random name picker choose a winner?
It builds a participant list from the names you enter, ignoring blank entries and optionally removing duplicates. Then it selects one name uniformly at random from the final list.
What does remove duplicate names do in a random name picker?
When enabled, repeated names are kept only once so each person has the same chance of being chosen. When disabled, duplicated entries can increase the chance for those repeated names because they appear more than once in the draw.
How should names be formatted in the names list?
Names can be entered one per line or separated with commas or semicolons. Blank lines are ignored so they do not count as participants.
Why does the calculator show a selection probability for each participant?
With a uniform random selection, each participant in the final list has the same chance of being picked. If there are n participants after cleaning, the probability for any single participant is 1/n.