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Changing your name after marriage

A new name.
A whole life
to update.

Your name is tied to your ID, work, travel, accounts, insurance, and more. We help you figure out what applies to you, put it in the right order, and keep the whole project in one place.

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Where your new name may need to go*

One name. A lot of places it follows.

Government records, banking, travel, shipping, hospitality, and everyday accounts can all have their own process.

Social Security
Bank of America
Delta
USPS
Hilton
Chase
American Airlines
Wells Fargo
Marriott
American Express
IRS
U.S. Passport

A passport resting on an envelope, a worn wallet and a few pieces of mail on the same kitchen table.

Your life shapes the list

Your life shapes the list.
Your plan should too.

Where you live, whether you drive or travel, where you work, and the accounts you use can all change what belongs on your list. We help you see the full picture and turn it into a plan that fits your situation.

first
Start with the updates other records depend on.
while you wait
Prepare what you can while another step is underway.
later
Keep the rest in view until it is time.

Your answers shape the order. Your plan makes it visible.

Meet Name & Next by My New Surname

A personal plan.
Shaped around your life.

Answer a few questions and your situation becomes one clear workspace for the name change. See what applies, what comes next, what can wait, and the official guidance behind each step.

You complete each update yourself. We help you know what to do and keep track of the whole project.

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Does this example include a U.S. passport?

Passport included. Review its timing alongside other identity updates.

Your answer changes what belongs in the plan and when it needs your attention.

Interactive example · Fictional New York plan

New York

A little more clarity

Your name-change plan

0 of 5 action steps completeReady to begin

Start here

Update your name with Social Security

This record is referenced by several later steps, so many people handle it early in the sequence.

Source: Social Security Administration

Guidance checked July 29, 2026. Recheck current instructions before acting.

Read the public New York guide

02Do nowUpdate your New York driver’s license or ID card
Some state offices reference your Social Security record, so this step follows it in your plan.
03Travel timingReview or update your U.S. passport
Passport timing interacts with any travel you have planned, so it is worth reviewing alongside your other identity documents rather than last.
04Prepare while you waitUpdate employer and payroll records
Employers commonly work from your Social Security record, so this follows that step in your plan.
Finish after the Social Security update.
05Can come laterUpdate utilities and household accounts
Each provider sets its own process. This guide groups these accounts so you can review them together when you are ready.

An illustrated view of the current plan’s steps and sources. Your own plan uses a different layout.

Built on official sources

Clear guidance
you can check for yourself.

For government updates, we link back to the source and show when we last checked it. State specific steps appear only after we have verified the requirements.

How we verify our guidance

From the public Texas guide

Update your name with Social Security

What to have ready

Certified marriage certificate
Current identity documentation
Anything the agency’s own instructions list

Social Security Administration

Official source · checked July 29, 2026

Read the guide and its source

Official instructions control. Confirm them before acting.

14Kinds of records covered

260+Requirements traced

20States covered

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Most recently verified September 2026. A copper dot marks a published deadline. Read the state guide for the controlling instructions.

Made for the whole project

A little less admin.
A lot more life.

Keep the work together so you can stop reopening tabs, rebuilding lists, and wondering what you forgot.

Only the updates that fit your situation
A clear order, including what can happen at the same time
Official links and what to prepare
Progress you can pick back up later
One place to manage the whole change

Why we built it

One decision should not turn into a research project.

I watched my wife change her name after we got married. One decision turned into agencies, IDs, accounts, travel details, work records, and tabs everywhere. We built My New Surname to help you see what actually applies to you and give you one place to work through it.

For government steps, we keep the sources behind the work visible so you can check the current instructions yourself.

When you are ready

Get through this once.
Then it is just your name.

Answer a few questions and see what your name change actually looks like.

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A new name. A whole life to update.

One name. A lot of places it follows.

Your life shapes the list. Your plan should too.

first

while you wait

later

A personal plan. Shaped around your life.

Your name-change plan

Update your name with Social Security

Clear guidance you can check for yourself.

Update your name with Social Security

A little less admin. A lot more life.

One decision should not turn into a research project.

Get through this once. Then it is just your name.

A new name.
A whole life
to update.

Your life shapes the list.
Your plan should too.

A personal plan.
Shaped around your life.

Clear guidance
you can check for yourself.

A little less admin.
A lot more life.

Get through this once.
Then it is just your name.