Because everyone's doing it!

Here's my married name . . .

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There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Here's my maiden name

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There are 328 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

I've had it both ways - I kindof like that my name is a little more unusual now than it was when I was a kid. I was always jealous of those people who got to say more than "here" when their name was called on the first day of school.