Change your name in any US state — the exact steps, cost, and forms.
The free, primary-source-cited atlas for legally changing your name. Pick your state and situation — the calculator builds your filing fee, court, official forms, and ordered checklist.
Name-Change Cost & Steps Calculator
Pick your state and situation for your exact filing fee, court, forms, and ordered steps.
Start with your situation
Name Change After Marriage
→Take your spouse's name or hyphenate — usually no court petition needed.
Restoring Your Name After Divorce
→Restore your former or maiden name through the divorce decree or a short filing.
Adult (Court) Name Change
→Court petition to change an adult's name for any reason not tied to marriage or divorce.
Minor Child Name Change
→Petition to change a child's name, with notice or consent rules for both parents.
Name Change to Match Gender Identity
→Court name change aligned with gender identity, often with publication waivers.
Already changed it? Who to notify
→Build the ordered checklist of every agency and account to update.
Three free tools that do the work
Cost & Steps Calculator
Pick your state and situation to get your exact filing fee, court, forms, and ordered steps.
Open tool →Who-To-Notify Checklist
Build a personalized, ordered checklist of every agency and account to update — in the right order.
Open tool →Name-Change Timeline
See a dated, sequenced timeline for your name change from filing to your last ID update.
Open tool →Pick your state
Every state has a verified hub with its fee, court, forms, and all five change types.
We verify each state's fee, forms, and rules against the official judiciary and update the date on every page. Last updated July 16, 2026. See our methodology →