What does the Random Name Picker work out?

Fair way to pick one name, or several, from a group. It is one of the Randomizers & Pickers tools on Mondo Knows.

How is the Random Name Picker calculated?

The substitute for drawing names out of a hat. Paste your class, team or meeting list, choose how many winners you need, and press the button. The maths is short enough to check by hand: Uniform selection without bias: every name has a 1/n chance per pick, and with repeats off each name can win at most once.

Do I need to sign up, and is my data stored?

No sign-up, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. The calculation runs in your own browser, so the figures stay on your device and the page works offline once loaded.

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Random Name Picker

Fair way to pick one name, or several, from a group. Use the free random name picker below to get an instant answer, with the formula shown so you can check the maths and trust the result. Free, private, and no sign-up.

Names, one per line

How many winners

Never pick the same name twiceLeave the winners in the list for next time

Mondo says

Fill in the fields, then press Pick a name.

How it works

The substitute for drawing names out of a hat. Paste your class, team or meeting list, choose how many winners you need, and press the button. Each draw is independent, so the same name can come up twice unless you switch on the no-repeats option.

The formula

Uniform selection without bias: every name has a 1/n chance per pick, and with repeats off each name can win at most once.

Random Name Picker: common questions

What does the Random Name Picker work out?: Fair way to pick one name, or several, from a group. It is one of the Randomizers & Pickers tools on Mondo Knows.
How is the Random Name Picker calculated?: The substitute for drawing names out of a hat. Paste your class, team or meeting list, choose how many winners you need, and press the button. The maths is short enough to check by hand: Uniform selection without bias: every name has a 1/n chance per pick, and with repeats off each name can win at most once.
Do I need to sign up, and is my data stored?: No sign-up, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. The calculation runs in your own browser, so the figures stay on your device and the page works offline once loaded.

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