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It'd be a problem for me on my own son - I have just known too many Johns, and I guess I'm vain enough that I would want to call him by a more "special" name (to me). But I have a nephew named John, and I can't help thinking his name was chosen because it is the archetypal, not common so much as classic name - so well-used that it's comfortable for just about everyone, and is about as silent "statement"-wise as a name can be. It's mellow and confident, much more than it's dull. I certainly don't think that being named John would be a problem for John himself, especially since many fewer boys are named it these days and it isn't actually as common.

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- chazda