I'm thinking that the title picture should be changed since Captain America is still called by his superhero name.
My $0.02 on Real Life usage: While the media (and the Law) have an obligation to "get it right", the general public has no such obligation. When either the names are too common, too close, or too rare, we (as public) need to give them other names either to distinguish them or just to give them a name. This will probably prove more true in the age of Twitter and Facebook.
Ketchum's corollary to Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced tactic is indistinguishable from blind luck.
"Oddly enough, in the comics, Ra's al Ghul is essentially the character's real name (it's complicated) but in the movie his real name is Henri Ducard. "= This is just plain wrong, Ducard is the alias not Ra's.
From the brand new Trailer it looks like we can already confirm Man Of Steel playing with this.
Is it allright to add Fan Works examples? I love how The Joker Blogs plays with this Trope.
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I'm not sure that the main reason these names don't show up in these movies is that the names sound silly. I would say it's more that it seems silly for someone to take on an appellation personally unless they want to have a public image, which a lot of villains (who are in it for personal gain) do not want.
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I think we should replace the main page quote with this one from Honest Trailers, since it's pretty much the essence of the trope:
"The Avengers roster bloats even further with Vision, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, who for some reason, are never called Vision, Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver."