At what point in American history did we start naming kids like this? What happened to the Michaels, the Matthews, and the Amandas? Instead, the world is filling up with Shiloh Nouvels (Bradd Pitt/Angelina Jolie) and Willow Camilles (Will Smith/Jada Pinkett-Smith). Now, I'm all for change and being unique. But it's getting out of hand. It is okay to name your child something that has been used before! Still, the top baby name lists aren't that absurd. It's just with every passing day it seems another Verizon Dorito Guacamole Johnson is born. Hmmm....Not a bad idea for those celebrities that love love love that money. Get your child sponsored by a corporation and name it accordingly.

2001 Top 10 Baby Names:

Boys:                          Girls:
        Jacob                           Emily
        Michael                        Madison
        Matthew                      Hannah
        Joshua                         Ashley
        Christopher                  Alexis
        Nicholas                       Samantha
        Andrew                        Sarah
        Joseph                         Abigail
        Daniel                          Elizabeth
        William                         Jessica

2007 Top 10 Baby Names:

Boys:                           Girls:
        Jacob                          Emily
        Aidan                          Emma
        Ethan                         Madison
        Matthew                     Hannah
        Nicholas                      Hailey
        Joshua                        Sarah
        Ryan                           Kaitlyn
        Michael                       Isabella
        Zachary                      Olivia
        Tyler                           Abigail

So the top 10 lists that include every normal American sound sane enough. But let's look at some celebrity baby names. What about being a celebrity makes it mandatory to give your child such a random name?

Parents                                                    Child's Name
Casey Affleck/Summer Phoenix                 Indiana August (girl)
Courtney Cox/David Arquette                    Coco (girl)
Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick                       Sosie Ruth (girl)
Kim Basinger/Alec Baldwin                         Ireland (girl)
David/Victoria Beckham                             Brooklyn (boy), Romeo (boy)
Cher/Sonny Bono                                      Chastity (girl), Elijah Blue (boy)
Melissa Ethridge/Julie Cypher                     Baily Jean (girl), Beckett (girl)
Bob Geldof/Paula Yates                              Fifi Trixibelle (girl), Tiger Lily (girl)
Gwenyth Paltrow/Chris Martin                   Apple (girl)
Don Johnson/Kelley Phleger                       Atherton Grace (girl), Jasper Breckinridge (boy), Deacon (boy)
Shannyn Sossaman/Dallas Clayton            Audio Science (boy)
Elle Macpherson/Arpad Busson                   Arpad Flynn Alexander (boy), Aurelius Cy Andrea (boy)
Edge (U2)/Aislinn O'Sullivan                       Blue Angel (girl)
Geri Halliwell/unreleased father's name       Bluebell Madonna (girl)
Sean Penn/Robin Wright                             Hopper (boy)
Nicholas Cage/Alice Kim                              Kal-El (son, Superman's name on Krypton)
David Duchovny/Tea Leoni                          Kyd (son)
Paul Hewson (Bono)/Alison Hewson             Memphis Eve (girl)
Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie                                Shiloh Nouvel (girl)
Andre Benjamin/Erykah Badu                     Seven Sirius (son)
Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes                            Suri (girl)
Bruce Willis/Demi Moore                              Tallulah (girl), Rumer (girl), Scout (girl)
Will Smith/Jada Pinkett-Smith                     Jaden Christopher Syre (boy), Willow Camille Reign (girl)
Gretchen Mol/Kip Williams                            Ptolemy John (boy)
Bruce/Yardley Bowen                                   Ozmel (boy), Ojani (boy)
Daniel Baldwin/Joanne Smith                       Avis Ann (girl)

That's all I could find. But isn't that enough? Sure, some celebrities name their kids normal names. But this is a hell of a lot who don't.