Random Name Picker Wheel
Spin a visual wheel to randomly pick one name from a list — instantly inside your browser.
What is this wheel?
A spinning wheel divided into a slice per entry, weighted equally, that lands on one random winner each spin — a visual, game-show-style alternative to a plain random picker. It's built on the same principle as raffle wheels and prize wheels.
GuideHow to use it
How the wheel picks a winner
Before spinning, a winning entry is chosen using the browser's cryptographically secure random number generator, giving every entry an equal chance. The wheel then animates to land precisely on that entry's slice, so the visual result always matches the random pick.
Why it helpsFeatures & benefits
Why this runs entirely in your browser
The spin and randomness run in JavaScript locally in the tab, which means it keeps working offline once the page has loaded and nothing typed here is ever sent to a server.
Common uses
Picking a random winner for a giveaway, choosing who goes first in a game, randomly assigning a task to a team member, or picking a name during a classroom activity.
Frequently asked questions
A few things people usually want to know before trusting the numbers.
Yes. Each entry gets an equal-sized slice of the wheel, and the winner is chosen using the browser's cryptographically secure random number generator.
There's no hard limit, though the wheel is easiest to read with a moderate number of entries — very large lists will have thin slices.
Yes, unless you remove the winner from the list after each spin using the "Remove winner" button.
Yes — adding an entry more than once gives it more slices, and therefore a higher chance of being picked.
No. All spinning and randomness happens locally in your browser. Nothing typed here is sent to a server, stored, or shared.