It seems like every other child being born today is named either Madison or Austin. For some reason, many parents follow baby-name fads, which ultimately result in a glut of kids sharing the same, worn-out names.

Our heroes this month are trailblazers for parents who want their child to be the only kid on their block – or on the entire planet, for that matter – with a certain moniker. After all, knowing that he or she is unique and that no one else in the world shares his or her name could help boost a youngster’s feeling of importance and self-esteem.

Heath and Deborah Campbell, of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, named their son Adolf Hitler Campbell. Their daughters are JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. It’s all part of their master plan to raise superior children.

The Campbells gained notoriety last month after the ShopRite supermarket in Greenwich Township refused to make a cake with little Adolf Hitler’s name on it for his third birthday. They also refused to make one for JoyceLynn Aryan Nation, who turns two in February. As of yet, there’s no ShopRite confectionary precedent for Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie, who is named for Schutzstaffel head Heinrich Himmler. Her first birthday isn’t until April.

Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for ShopRite, said similar orders, including one requesting a swastika cake decoration, by the Campbells were denied at the same store the past two years. From now on, they should get their children’s birthday cakes at ShopReich. Either that, or they should just go to Wal-Mart since the folks there have had no qualms about making cakes with Adolf Hitler’s name on them.

Heath Campbell said he named his boy after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because “no one else in the world would have that name.” When people remind him that Hitler murdered six million Jews, he kindly asserts that the Holocaust never happened and insists they’re living in the wrong decade” and that “Hitler is gone.”

“They’re just names, you know,” said the 35-year-old disabled landscaper/gas pumper who lives on Social Security payments. “Yeah, they (Nazis) were bad people back then. But my kids are little. They’re not going to grow up like that.”

Heath and his 25-year-old wife of three years, Deborah (who’s also unable to work due to a disability), do everything they can to make good on that vow, including immunizing their kids from the purported hatred represented by symbols like swastikas by putting them in every room of their home. They put them on the walls, on jackets, on the freezer, on a pillow, on a forehead of a skull. They even had them on the family car until those intolerant bastards at the New Jersey Department of Children and Families told them they could endanger little Adolf Hitler and his baby sisters.

Apparently, they don’t know, as the Campbells do, that swastikas are really symbols of peace and balance. In fact, Heath has some tattooed on his body and considers them art. Now how can kids be endangered by teaching them art appreciation?

While he was raised not to mix with people from other races socially or romantically, Heath said he wants his children to make their own decisions about race. In other words, if little Adolf Hitler grows up and falls in love with a pretty Jewish girl, his parents won’t have a problem with it. Of course, if she has an aversion to using Adolf Hitler’s shower or doesn’t want to go anywhere near his oven, that’s her problem.

Heath and Deborah Campbell are role models for all those parents who want to ensure their kids have unique names but fear how other people might react to them. If a couple has ever thought about giving their child a name like Charles Manson Johnson, Joseph Stalin Williams, or Osama bin Laden Steinmetz, they can draw the strength to follow their heart from the Campbells’ example.