There is nothing wrong with an organization using numbers to identify those people or objects which are of concern to them. Thus, if the government wants to refer to me, or my car, or my business, with an ID number for its own use, fine. That only makes sense. Obviously, there are lots of John Smiths, and distinguishing them by numbers, or some other code, is reasonable, and probably, essential. That is not what we are talking about.
Names are important, and significant.
Your parents named you because they had authority over you.