# Of American women under thirty-five, what percentage use only their maiden name ...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180 "2018-02-20T06:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven\_Estes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/1 "2018-02-20T06:58:10Z")
Of American women under thirty-five, what percentage use only their maiden name and what percentage use their maiden name professionally and what percentage maiden name professionally and married name socially. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/2 "2018-02-20T09:38:47Z")
ALL women under 35? Percentage not using a married name ever for anything would have to be at least 65% [cite](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/7b31li/percentage_of_us_women_never_married_by_age_1980/?st=j9ohqd3l&sh=c691a355) ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Estes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/3 "2018-02-20T11:56:09Z")
Good point, Aspidistra. I should ave said percentage of _married_ women under 35. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/4 "2018-02-20T14:35:57Z")
**Steven Estes** , I have contacted you by PM to indicate that you should reduce the number of threads you are starting every day. Since you have chosen to ignore this, I am going to start closing your threads. Please start no more than two threads a day, and wait until some of your questions have fallen off the first page before starting new threads. From the Registration Agreement: > [@](#): > > Do not post the same or similar messages or threads to multiple forums; multiple threads on the same topic; **or an excessive number of threads on any topic within a limited period of time.** Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/5 "2018-02-24T19:19:10Z")
Since no new threads have been opened recently, I am reopening this one. Colibri General Questions Moderato ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-american-women-under-thirty-five-what-percentage-use-only-their-maiden-name/809180/6 "2018-02-24T20:07:46Z")
About 20%: > **[Maiden Names, on the Rise Again (Published 2015)](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/upshot/maiden-names-on-the-rise-again.html)** > > The share of women keeping their names when they marry has increased, but today it seems more about practicality, less of a feminist statement.