Got a second SSN card with different number

[ujones 148]

My spouse had received his SSN card within  a month of his arrival but his last name was not completely written in that as he has a long middle name. So I was going to contact them once he got his greencard but then yday in the mail we got a new SSN card with his  last name spelled correctly as they eliminated the middle name in this but a totally different number from the initial one.  Is it normal for a person to get two diff SSN no ? I was thinking they would just issue a diff card with corrected name but same number once we contact them. 

Edited February 8, 2020 by ujones

[Tidus992 47]

1 hour ago, ujones said:

My spouse had received his SSN card within  a month of his arrival but his last name was not completely written in that as he has a long middle name. So I was going to contact them once he got his greencard but then yday in the mail we got a new SSN card with his  last name spelled correctly as they eliminated the middle name in this but a totally different number from the initial one.  Is it normal for a person to get two diff SSN no ? I was thinking they would just issue a diff card with corrected name but same number once we contact them. 

Everyone should have one number and only one number,  it will make getting benefits difficult if one number was used and the other number is used at Social Security, everything is connected to your SSN retirement, disability, getting a job, getting a house,....I guess you can use the number with the correct name going forward but let them know about the duplicate one.  When doing official stuff use one number only.

[Joyoussinger 1,425]

Definitely, call the Social Security office and tell them. Don't decide, on your own, which card to use. Let them tell you which one is valid. If it's the first one, you can ask them to send you another card with the correct name.