There was an era where having a baby out of wedlock was so controversial that the mother would essentially "disappear" for several months until she could return to her normal life without that pesky baby bump. This is something that was so common that it has even been dramatized on a number of television shows and in movies over the years, most notably on the AMC drama Mad Men with the character of Peggy Olsen (retroactive spoiler alert). These days, however, it really doesn't seem to be that big of a deal at all - at least if you're going off of the sheer number of celebrities who seem eager to have a baby before they even think about getting marriage. While some of the names on this list will no doubt come as no surprise, there are a few sprinkled throughout that will probably knock your socks off, metaphorically speaking.

If you had to name one thing that you know about Adele, it would probably be that she recorded the title track to the hit Bond film "Skyfall." What you might not know is that she and her beau Simon Konecki actually had a baby before marriage!

Alessandra Ambrosio and Jamie Mazur's young child was born before these two tied the knot, which would have been controversial if A) more people knew who they were and B) celebrities didn't seem to do this all the time.

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz' baby will one day inherent a veritable empire of money that was earned during the last days of a dying industry, as her parents seem to be two of the only people who really know how to still make money as a recording artist these days.

Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo, to be completely frank, seem like two people who really have it all together. We have no doubt that their young child will absolutely grow up to have a good head on his shoulders. All that "Man of Steel" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" money that mom's bringing in probably won't hurt, either.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have so many kids that it's hard to actually figure out which one is the one they had out of wedlock and which are the ones that were adopted. One of them was definitely pre-marriage, though. They're raising a litter over there, these two, and they have approximately 56 more on the way all the time.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz' baby reportedly lip-synched its first words. No joke (full disclosure: that was a joke).

Bristol Palin's pre-marriage baby with Levi Johnston was so controversial that she must have figured she would do it a second time...

... she had another baby without being married to Dakota Meyer (who has a name that sounds like something you would read on an action figure box from the 1980s) a few years later.80s) a few years later.

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas' baby seems to have been conceived purely to prove that Michael Douglas was still young enough to actually do so. Regardless, they welcomed a healthy baby into the world well in advance of their nuptials and we would never want to say anything to get on the bad side of Gordon Gecko, so we wish these three the happiest of times, all the time.

Hopefully Christina Applegate and Martyn LeNoble's baby will grow up to be better adjusted than the baby Veronica Corningstone had with Ron Burgundy.

Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman also famously had a baby before marriage, though given everything that has been said about the Barrymore family over the years, this little fact will probably be the least of that kid's concerns growing up.

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are so notoriously private that their inclusion on this list is probably surprising to you for like eleven different reasons. If you saw their names and went, "Holy crap, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are dating?" you're forgiven - as we said, very private. If your next thought was, "... and they have a kid?!", once again this is likely due to the fact that they seem to really, really value living as private of a life as possible despite also valuing the fact that millions of people watch them on a 100 foot screen several times per year.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin also famously had a baby out of wedlock, though unfortunately their marriage was not long for this world. They've famously been going through the divorce process over the last year or two and will soon part ways, romantically speaking, for good.

Halle Berry has had two babies out of wedlock in her life - one with Garbiel Aubry and one with...

...Oliver Martinez. Halle Berry sure seems to love having babies but isn't all that hot on the whole idea of "marriage," is she?

Hayden and Wladimir's baby will no doubt one day get to pick for himself which of two un-spellable and incomprehensible last names he wants to keep for his own - Panettiere or Klitschko.

Not only did Heidi Klum and Seal have a baby before marriage, but Heidi Klum got pregnant on her first date - that's got to be some kind of record!

One thing is for sure: Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen's baby will one day grow up to be the funniest, most adorable kid of all time.

Jane Krakowski and Robert Godley's baby is one that we're jealous of, as Jane is super talented and starred on two of the best sitcoms of the last several years - "30 Rock" and "Kimmy Schmidt" on Netflix.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's relationship may be the only good thing to come out of that awful "Daredevil" movie from 2003 (thank you Netflix, seriously - thank you). After meeting on the set of that film, they began a whirlwind romance that culminated in marriage - but not before having their first child out of wedlock ahead of time. Affleck and Garner would go on to have a few more kids over the next few years (including a boy, who will no doubt one day be super thrilled that his dad is both Daredevil AND Batman) after their marriage became official. They are in the process of going through a very public divorce, however, so maybe having kids once you're married isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brian Hallisay's baby will no doubt never have to worry about paying for college thanks to all of those fat TV royalty checks that mom is probably still bringing in.

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren also famously had a baby before marriage, though they seem to have a loving and healthy relationship that is showing no signs of divorce, so we'd say everything worked out pretty much okay.

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson's baby is one that Simpson was able to turn into yet another career opportunity - this time, she became a weight loss spokesmodel so that she could monetize losing all that baby weight as quickly as possible.

Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy fall right into that sweet spot of "famous people that regular people seem to care about" and "famous people that regular people don't really seem to care about all that much." They get to enjoy the "rich" and "famous" parts of being celebrities, but they're probably more than able to live their lives and raise their child away from the prying eye of the public.

What happens when one of the most famous actresses ever marries one of the most famous directors to ever come out of the UK? They have a baby without being married, get married and then immediately get divorced, apparently.

We know what you're asking yourself - "didn't Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise" famously get married and then even-more-famously get divorced? How did they have a kid out of wedlock?" Well, you see, the baby itself was born well in advance of their marriage, so it just kind of worked out that way. When people live their lives this far into the public eye, it's admittedly hard to keep track of it all.

Keri Russell and Shane Deary had their child before marriage, though everything seems to have worked out just fine up until this point so we're sure that neither of these two (now three) are really complaining.

If you wanted an example of two people who are essentially the polar opposite of Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy, we present you with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. They seem to value their public lives so much that we wonder if there is actually a private life as far as these two are concerned at all. One thing is for sure - their child, little North West (ugh), is no doubt already being groomed as some type of reality television savior-figure who will deliver us all from the evils of scripted programming sometime in the next decade.

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick's baby will no doubt grow up knowing the pain of being on one of the most popular shows on TV, but also being everyone's least favorite baby on that particular show.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard seem to really love each other, so marriage or no marriage, we're glad that they were able to bring the bouncing baby they always wanted into their lives.

Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler's young baby is one of many on this list that seems to have been born in a desperate attempt to grab hold of that spotlight and never, ever let go.

Linda Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault had a child before they were married, but it's okay - everything seems to have worked out just fine for these two...

... PSYCHE! Francois-Henri Pinault would later go on to also have a baby out of wedlock with one Salma Hayek, proving that in these relationships he may be the one with is resistant to that whole "marriage" idea.

Madonna is yet another celeb who seems to love the idea of having babies and hate the idea of getting married - her kids out of wedlock with both Carlos Leon...

...and Guy Ritchie are proof of that.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard's baby will hopefully one day be able to provide us with the answer to the question "how many A's is it possible to cram into two last names at one time?"

Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham may have had their first child out of wedlock, but they certainly didn't stop there. The fact that they keep having little kids probably goes a long way towards explaining why Mark Wahlberg suddenly can't stop starring in "Transformers" movies.

Matthew McConaughey has never really seemed like the "settling down" type, but evidently he is - he and Camila Alves had a baby before marriage because the star wanted to get started on his family. He keeps getting older, they stay the same age.

Michelle William's and the late Health Ledger's daughter was born without these two ever having been married. Trivia time: their daughter, Violet, will get possession of her dad's Oscar for "The Dark Knight" when she turns 18 years old.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher seem to be a case of life imitating art, or vice versa depending on your perspective. After meeting on the set of "That 70s Show," the two went their separate ways and dated other people for many, many years. Kutcher was in a high profile relationship with Demi Moore, while Kunis maintained a few relationships. These two finally got back together in recent years and had a kid that nobody really seems all that interested in, to be honest, but they aren't married so they've earned themselves a place on this list.

No matter which way you look at it, Orlando Bloom really has it made. He had a hand in two of the biggest film franchises in the history of the medium (both "Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean") - but he was a part of them when he was young. These days, he seems really content to just live off his royalty checks (which no doubt have several commas in each one of them) and have babies out of wedlock with international super model Miranda Kerr.

Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are two more celebrities who don't really seem comfortable with the whole "living in the public spotlight" part of being famous, so you're forgiven if you didn't know that they had a baby without being married.

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied are two talented, rich people, so it should come as no surprise that their baby will one day grow up to be one of the most talented, richest people to ever be conceived out of wedlock.

Nicole Richie seems to have really settled down in her life since she left Paris Hilton and reality television stardom behind. Case in point: she and Joel Madden had their baby before marriage after "The Simple Life" went off the air.

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis seem like two really fun loving people who just like to have a good time. Seriously, no snark - they seem pretty cool and we wish them and their baby well in the future.

Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane's baby also gets to grow up with a dad who is a superhero - though "The Punisher" is a movie that the kid probably shouldn't watch until the age of 13, at least.

Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen's baby is another that will get to grow up in complete anonymity, which is what starring in two of the three "Star Wars" prequels will do to you.

Scarlett Johansson and Romain Dauriac famously not only had their baby before marriage, but very soon after Scarlett broke off her long term relationship with Ryan Reynolds. Scandal!

Salma Blair and Jason Bleick's baby was born in 2011, when his parents were still a happy couple. Unfortunately, Blair and Bleick would later announce that they had separated after a two year relationship in 2012, but they still seem to be on good terms for the sake of the child.

Shakira and Gerard Pique's baby no doubt has one of the most bizarre and incomprehensible names for a baby out there.

Sienna Miller and Tom Strurridge are definitely much, much more famous in the UK than they are in the US, which probably helps the art of raising their child away from people like TMZ in the United States a whole lot easier.

Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson's child gets to grow up with a mom who is perhaps the coolest superhero of them all - Uma starred as the Bride in Quentin Tarantino's two part epic, "Kill Bill."

Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer's baby is yet another who gets to grow up knowing that their dad is one of the world's most famous superheroes - in this case, Spider-man!

Vanessa Paradis & Johnny Depp's daughter wasn't just born out of wedlock, but she also seems to be following in the family footsteps. After appearing in the Kevin Smith film "Tusk" in a small role, she will be one of the leads of Smith's next movie called "Yoga Hosers."

Victoria Beckham and David Beckham are perhaps the most famous exports from the United Kingdom aside from that tea that we dumped into the Boston Harbor that one time. Though they're married now, their first child was actually born well in advance of these two saying "I Do."