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About this tool
Add names, eliminate duplicates, and pick a random winner with animated selection. Supports elimination mode and winner history.
Random Name Picker draws one name at random from a list you paste in, with an animated shuffle of 12 to 19 flickers before it settles on the winner. Names can be added one at a time or pasted in bulk separated by commas or line breaks, duplicates are rejected case-insensitively as you add them, and elimination mode removes each winner from the pool so a repeated draw works through the list without repeats. Every pick is logged to a winner history of the last 50 results with a timestamp.
Open Random Name Picker on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Type a name into "Enter name or paste list..." and press Add — or paste a comma- or newline-separated list and hit Enter; duplicates are skipped case-insensitively, and Remove Duplicates cleans an imported list.
Tick "Elimination mode (remove winner from list)" if each winner should leave the pool so repeated draws never repeat a name.
Press "Pick Winner" for the animated shuffle; the winner card offers "Copy Name" and "Pick Again", and the Winner History panel logs the last 50 winners with timestamps.
Names that match one already in the list, ignoring case, are silently skipped when you add or paste, and a Remove Duplicates button cleans an imported list.
Each winner is taken out of the pool, turning repeated draws into a full random ordering instead of independent picks.
The last 50 winners are kept with the date and time they were drawn, so a contested draw has a record.
Paste them into the input separated by commas or line breaks and press Enter — the tool splits on both and adds each entry as its own name. Anything already in the list, ignoring capitalisation, is skipped.
It removes the winner from the pool after each draw, so the next pick comes only from the names left. With it off, every name stays eligible on every draw and the same person can win twice in a row.
Yes — the winner is a uniform random pick over the current list, so with 20 names each has a 1-in-20 chance. The flickering animation shows names that are not the result; the final winner is chosen when the spin stops.
No. Names, winners and history live only in the open page, so a refresh or a closed tab clears them. Copy the winner or screenshot the history before leaving if you need a record.