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Updated Mar 06, 2025This Percentage of Brides Still Take Their Spouse's Last Name
According to The Knot 2016 Real Weddings Study, the tradition of taking your spouse's last name is still going strong.
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Ivy Jacobson
Changing your name after you tie the knot? You're definitely not alone—in 2016, 80 percent of brides did too, according to The Knot Real Weddings Study. Five percent added their spouse's name with no hyphen and 4 percent hyphenated both last names. However, 11 percent of brides did keep their own last name. (Of the 13,000 brides and grooms across America that we surveyed, 3 percent were same-sex couples, with 2 percent being brides and one percent being grooms.)
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Psst! If you're going to change your name, fast-track the process with the Hitchswitch Name Change kit—it's super simple to use.
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