Funny thing is, I actually got to pick my name as an adult (I'm transgender). I made sure that my new first and middle names were both common for my birth year

Funny thing is, I actually got to pick my name as an adult (I'm transgender). I made sure that my new first and middle names were both common for my birth year. Both names were in the top 20, and my middle name was actually #2. I actually did consider an uncommon name for my middle name, though. In fact, the name I was considering wasn't so much uncommon as it was unheard of outside of fictional characters. I figured I could have a normal name as my first name, go by that, and only write out my middle name if I wanted to have some fun. Ultimately, though, I got cold feet. I was worried I'd regret it if I picked a name, even a middle name, that called so much attention to me, and I ended up using as a middle name a name I'd previously considered for my first name but ended up very narrowly rejecting. It worked out for the better. I like my initials better the way things ended up: AJB forms a nice three-letter ligature, while ASB doesn't. And I have a good pen name that I've started using on occasion for projects I don't want to use my real name on (e.g. anime fansubbing).