Almost 80% of American women in opposite-sex marriages change their last name after saying "I do," according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

I didn't legally change my last name after marriage, but I took my husband's last name socially. Here's why I made that choice and how it's going.

Why Parents Give Their Children a Last Name Other Than the Father’s Some American parents have been breaking the patrilineal tradition for generations, but the number who do so remains small.