I want to search by FILE NAME not CONTENT!

Whenever I do a search, using either Spotlight or a Finder window, the results displayed are by "Content." Then I have to click "File Name," because 9.9 times out of 10, that's how I want to search. How do I get the search to default to File Name?

CMDSHIFTF instead of CMD+F.

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