I went on howmanyofme.com because I had nothing better to do. This site lists the number of people in America with a name the same as the one you type in. I figured it would be fun to find out how many people share names with my characters.

Louisa Alcott- 0
Lydia Baum- 8
Markie Clemens- 0. As if she didn't have a big enough head.
Ralph (Waldo) Emerson- 56
Nathaniel Hawthorne- 7
Romeo Montague- 1
John Proctor- 599. Wow. They'd better no do anything horrendous that will make people hate the name, because that would tear John up.
Anthony Trollope- 1. As if Anthony didn't feel isolated enough.