Free Online Secret Santa Generator
No account needed. Add participants, click draw, and everyone gets their pick by email. Our online name picker supports exclusions when you have 3 or more participants (e.g. couples who shouldn't pick each other).
Needs at least 2 participants
Add at least 3 participants to set exclusions (e.g. couples who shouldn't pick each other).
How the Secret Santa generator works
1. Add your group
Type in everyone's name and email — no account or sign-up required for a quick one-time draw.
2. Set the rules
Add exclusions so couples or siblings don't draw each other, set a budget, and choose how many gifts each person buys.
3. Draw & done
Everyone instantly gets an email with only their own match — nobody, including you, sees who has whom.
Built for real gift exchanges
A random name picker sounds simple until someone gets assigned their spouse, or the same two coworkers draw each other three years running. This generator handles the actual constraints a real office, friend group, or family gift exchange runs into: mark any pair as excluded from matching, set a shared budget everyone sees on their pick email, and — for larger groups — add more than one gift per person so nobody has just one thing to shop for. It works just as well for a White Elephant-adjacent office swap as it does for a family exchange spanning multiple households.
The draw itself is genuinely random, and each participant receives only their own match by email — nothing is posted anywhere the organizer or anyone else could see it. Add a note with the budget or any house rules, and everyone gets it alongside their pick, so there's no separate email to send explaining how to find the perfect gift. If you want to keep the group around for next year instead of re-entering everyone each time, a free account adds shared wish lists — so participants can list their own gift ideas for whoever draws them — plus repeat draws, though nothing here requires signing up.
Questions about the generator
Is this the same as a White Elephant exchange?
No — White Elephant is a swap where everyone opens gifts in turn and can steal from each other. This generator is classic Secret Santa: each person is secretly assigned one other participant (or more, for multi-gift draws) to buy for. See our White Elephant rules guide if that's the format you're planning instead.
How does each participant receive their pick?
By email, the moment you draw. Each participant only ever sees the name of the person they're buying for — not the full list, and not who has them.
Can participants add their own gift ideas?
Not from this standalone draw — it's built for a quick, one-time pick. Create a free account instead and each participant gets a shared wish list their Santa can browse for the perfect gift.