For all the talk of odd celebrity baby names, some celebs are starting to do something even stranger. They are giving their babies “normal” names.

Julia went from a set of twins named Hazel and Phinnaeus to a new little boy named Henry Daniel Moder. Henry is about as conservative and traditional as you can get with baby names. It does make you wonder if Phinnaeus will be jealous some day.

Other celebrities are scaling back on the more outrageous names in favor of something not necessarily common, but certainly more in line with the mainstream. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Gardner shunned pieces of fruit to settle on a more traditional color for their little girl. Violet Affleck will grow up with a name that many others have had throughout history.

Brittany Spears, despite her rather unusual lifestyle choices lately also has a knack for picking names that are beautiful in their simplicity. Sean and Jayden have names that are easy to pronounce and make sense in an otherwise complicated world – at least in their little piece of it.

Of course it will take quite a few more famous celebrity babies to tilt the scales fully in favor of names that have a more traditional flavor, but one can partially understand why celebrities might want unique names. If your child is going to be in the news from the time of conception on, why settle for something normal when you can be creative?

Many parents who don’t share the celebrity spotlight feel the same way about their children. In fact, the most popular name for boys in 2006 and 2007 is not traditional at all. Aiden (and all its different spellings) soundly beat out the classic Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. In fact, the only other name on the top ten list that doesn’t date back hundreds, if not thousands of years is Ethan.

Girl names tell a slightly different story. The top ten girl names are a definite mix of old and new ranging from the classic Emma (at number one) to a more modern Kaitlyn and Hailey. Whatever name you give your child, be sure it makes sense for the child and your family and all will be perfect – just like your little one.