Random name picker

Pick a name at random.

One list, one spin, one clear winner.

Your list

8 entries
Names, one per line*3 for extra chances

Put a star and a number after a name to give it more chances — Alex *3 is three entries on one line.

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Draw setup

Wheel colours

Custom colours8

Type a hex code or use the well. The wheel repaints as you type, and the colours repeat around it — you never have to pick one per name.

How does Spinnza choose? ›

The winner is picked before the wheel moves, using your browser’s cryptographic random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues) rather than Math.random(). The range is reduced by rejection sampling, so no entry is even slightly more likely than another because of where it sits in the list.

Weights are applied before the draw: an entry with three chances occupies three of the total, and duplicate rows each count separately. The complete list is always used, even when the wheel is too crowded to show every name on a slice.

The animation is presentation. Once a winner is chosen, the wheel is told where to stop — it never decides anything.

8 entries

Showing an example list. Replace it with your own names.

Picking more than one

Set the winner count and Spinnza draws them one at a time, so each pick gets its own moment: Winner 1 of 5, Winner 2 of 5, and so on. Nobody can win twice in the same round.

If you would rather have them all at once, that option is under More options. Sequential is the default because it is more satisfying to watch and much better if you plan to record it.

Taking names out as you go

Turn on “Remove winner after spin” and each pick leaves the wheel before the next one. That is what you want for a series of prizes, a classroom rotation, or picking teams one player at a time.

Removing a winner by hand takes out that exact entry. If a name appears more than once — which is how bonus entries work — the other copies stay put.

Questions

Does it use Math.random()?
No. Winners come from crypto.getRandomValues, your browser's cryptographic random number generator, with rejection sampling so no position in the list is favoured.
Can I save a list of names?
Yes. Saved wheels are stored in your browser, with no account. Clearing your site data removes them, and they do not follow you to another device.

The wheel is free and always will be. A recorded proof spin is $1.99, one time, no subscription — how it works.