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Taken from The Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language of 1796 we have ‘The Most Usual Christian Names of Men and Women' or what you were likely to be named of you were born in 18th Century Britai. :)

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All spellings are correct as they were given in the book.

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Men:
Aaron
Abel
Abraham
Absalom
Adam
Adolphus
Adrian
Alan
Albert
Alexander
Alfred
Algernon
Alphonso
Ambrose
Amos
Annanias
Andrew
Anselm
Anthony
Archibald
Arnold
Athanasius
Austin
Azariah
Babtist or Baotist or Baptist (I've no idea which it is, the third letter was slightly smudged, Baptist would make more sense but it didn't look like a 'p' to me).
Barnaby
Bartholomew
Basil
Beal
Bede
Benjamin
Bennet
Bernard
Bethell
Blase
Boniface
Brian
Cadwallader
Caesar
Caleb
Cecil
Charles
Christopher
Chrysostom
Claudius
Clement
Conrade
Constantine
Cornelius
Crispin
Cuthbert
Cyprian
Cyril
Daniel
David
Demetrius
Denis
Dionysius
Dominic
Dunstan
Edgar
Edmund
Edward
Egbert
Eleazer
Eldred
Elias
Elisha
Emanuel
Enoch
Ephraim
Erasmus
Ernest
Esaias
Esau
Ezekiel
Ethelbert
Ethelred
Ethelwald
Evan
Everard
Eugene
Eusebius
Eustace
Ezechias
Ezechiel
Ezra
Fabian
Felix
Ferdinando
Ferrand
Fortunatus
Francis
Frederick
Gabriel
Geoffry
George
Gerard
German
Gervase
Gideon
Gilbert
Giles
Godard
Godfrey
Gregory
Guy
Harold
Henry
Herbert
Hercules
Hierom
Hillary
Horatio
Howell
Hubert
Hugh
Humphrey
Jabesh
Jacob
James
Jasper
Jeffery
Jeremy
Job
Joel
John
Jonah
Jonas
Jonathan
Joscelin
Joseph
Josiah
Josias
Joshua
Isaac
Jude
Julian
Julius
Justus
Kenard
Kenelm
Kester
Lambert
Lancelot
Lawrence
Lazarus
Leolin
Leonard
Lewellin
Lewis
Lionel
Lucius
Luke
Malachi
Mark
Marmaduke
Martin
Matthew
Matthias
Maurice
Maximilian
Meredith
Merrick
Michael
Miles
Morgan
Moses
Nathan
Nathaniel
Neal
Nehemiah
Nestor
Nicholas
Noel
Norman
Obadiah
Oliver
Orion
Orlando
Osmund
Oswald
Otto
Owen
Pascal
Patrick
Paul
Percival
Peregrine
Peter
Philip
Phineas
Posthumus
Quintin
Ralph
Randal
Randolph
Raphael
Raymond
Reuben
Reynold
Rice
Richard
Robert
Roger
Rowland
Rupert
Sampson
Samuel
Saul
Sebastian
Seth
Shadrach
Sigismund
Silvester
Simeon
Simon
Solomon
Stephen
Swithin
Theobald
Theodore
Theodosius
Theodoric
Theophilius
Thomas
Timothy
Titus
Tobias
Tobit
Toby
Tristram
Valentine
Vincent
Urban
Uriah
Walter
William
Zachary
Zaccheus
Zadok
Zedekiah

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Women:
Abigail
Agatha
Agnes
Alethea
Alice
Amy
Anne
Annis
Arabella
Avice
Barbara
Bathsheba
Beatrice
Bella
Benigma
Bertha
Blanch
Bona
Bridget
Caroline
Clarissa
Clementina
Constance
Damaris
Deborah
Diana
Dido
Dinah
Diona
Dorcas
Dorothy
Drusilla
Edith
Eleanor
Eliza
Elizabeth
Emma
Esther
Eve
Eunice
Faith
Felicia
Flora
Florence
Fortune
Frances
Gertrude
Gillian
Grace
Hagar
Hannah
Harriet
Helen
Hester
Jane
Jacquet
Jemima
Jennet
Joan
Joyse
Isabel
Judith
Julia
Katharine
Leah
Leonora
Lettice
Love
Lucretia
Lucy
Lydia
Mabel
Magdalene
Margaret
Margery
Martha
Mary
Matilda
Maud
Melicent
Melissa
Mercy
Mildred
Nancy
Nanny
Naomi
Patience
Penelope
Phillippa
Phoebe
Phillis
Priscilla
Prudence
Rachel
Rebecca
Rhode
Rosamund
Rose
Ruth
Sabina
Sabrin
Salome
Sarah
Sibyl
Sisera
Sophia
Stella
Susannah
Tabitha
Temperance
Thomasin
Ursula
Winifred

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Personally I think the author has taken a few liberties with 'most usual', somehow I can't see lots of men being named Posthumus or Hercules (to use just a few examples). I think it's more the most common names and then a few thrown in for good measure (maybe friends or somebody the author wanted to please).

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So, comments? Likes? Dislikes? Surprises?