The variety in past firstnames always fascinates me. 5 Johns, 5 Jameses, plus David & William.

Thats the first thing I noticed! I've been doing bits of genealogy research into a couple great grandparent lines that already have quite a bit of research done (on males) from the mid-1500 to late-1800's and one line is Henry's and John's (and a random Abraham); another is all Peter and James (then a random Jesse)