Well my brother and I recently started up a server with the name CakeRO.
At the time we were unaware of there being other servers with the name CakeRO in the past.
This could be either attracting people or leading them away depending on the reputation the other CakeRO servers had.
I know that there was one popular CakeRO server before and now people come in asking if this is made by the same Admin.
The server is about a month old and still has a fairly small community, though I'm not sure on how quickly servers grow.
But I was just wondering, was it a bad idea because of so many other servers using the same name?