See the results of this poll: Hayes v. Hudson
Respondents: 93 (This poll is closed)
- Hayes Alexander : 46 (49%)
- Hudson Alexander: 47 (51%)
[name]Love[/name] both names!
I see you are team green, so could you maybe compromise and do [name]Hudson[/name] if it’s a boy, or [name]Hazel[/name] nn [name]Haze[/name] (sounds exactly like [name]Hayes[/name]!) if it’s a girl?
xo [name]Viv[/name]
I voted [name]Hudson[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]. Something about that combo is really appealing.
- [name]Athena[/name]
[name]Hudson[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], I think it sounds very distinguished!
[name]Love[/name] [name]Hudson[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]! [name]Hayes[/name] is intriguing, but I love [name]Hudson[/name] so much more. [name]Hudson[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] is great. If you’re stuck on “H” names, have you considered [name]Holden[/name], [name]Henry[/name], or [name]Hugo[/name]? I think those would all be great with [name]Alexander[/name] as a MN, as well!
All the best!
I guess I’ll be the first to advocate for [name]Hayes[/name]. I think that [name]Hayes[/name] intrinsically carries a little mystic with it that I just don’t get from the straight forward [name]Hudson[/name] (plus I was born in NYC and when I hear [name]Hudson[/name] I think of the [name]Hudson[/name] [name]River[/name] - the less tasteful aspects of that body of water.) [name]Hayes[/name] all the way. 
I love [name]Hayes[/name] and it sounds great with [name]Alexander[/name]. [name]Hudson[/name]'s ok, I’m just bored with it. [name]Hayes[/name] is much more interesting to me.
I love [name]Hudson[/name] but it seems like its getting popular. [name]Hayes[/name] is different, so I picked that.
I chose [name]Hudson[/name]!
Thanks for the input! Looks like [name]Hudson[/name] is the winner but I have the same reservations some of you mentioned…that it is becoming super popular. My husband will be thrilled!
Would you consider other H names? [name]Hudson[/name] seems too trendy (will hear a lot in the next few years) and [name]Hayes[/name] seems a bit snobby. [name]How[/name] about:
[name]Heath[/name] (My fav H name)
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
I chose [name]Hayes[/name], simply because [name]Hudson[/name] fits into so many of the “these trends have been beaten to a pulp” categories (two syllable name ending in -n, surname, ends in -son).
We def didn’t pick H names on purpose…it just happened. Thanks for the other options though.
I voted for [name]Hudson[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] but I like [name]Hayes[/name] but with a different middle, eg [name]Hayes[/name] [name]Elliott[/name].
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Oooh, I like both! Such a tough decision!! I voted for [name]Hayes[/name] just becuase I think it is a tad more unique, but I really do like both. Maybe it depends on your last name since [name]Hayes[/name] is one syllable and [name]Hudson[/name] is two…
I voted for [name]Hayes[/name]. I do agree it could sound like the name of a British butler one of these sitcoms like the [name]Nanny[/name], but I like the cool vibe it gets from the [name]Haze[/name] sound. I also think it depends on how scared you are of a trendy name. I definitely think [name]Hudson[/name] is a trendy name and, more so, in the years to come. A reality star has her son named hudson. I know of another person in real life who just named their son [name]Hudson[/name]. I think it’s a cool name, but I see it get used a lot soon.
I meant to comment on this the first time around- [name]Hayes[/name] for sure, it’s not even close! Especially if [name]Hayes[/name] is a family surname.
[name]Hudson[/name] on its own bumped around at the bottom of the top 1000 until 1920, then disappeared from the view altogether until 1995, and since then it’s made a beeline for the Top 100. I’m surprised it’s not there. I know a couple of small Hudsons; [name]Cooper[/name], [name]Hudson[/name], and [name]Jayden[/name] are the brothers in one family that came into the shop I worked at for several years. It’s two-syllables, ends-in-n, a -son name (and a New [name]York[/name]-related place name to boot). It’s just a bit…blah.
[name]Hayes[/name] seems to have done a similar thing to [name]Hudson[/name] but ten years behind; it bumped around at the bottom of the top 1000 until 1930, and popped back into the top 1000 in 2009. [name]Hayes[/name] has a couple of things going for it that [name]Hudson[/name] doesn’t: I’d argue that the surname/presidential style is more timeless than surname/placename, and more importantly, it doesn’t end in n. This is why a boy’s name that end in any letter but n will sound fresher, less trendy, and more timeless. It’s possible that [name]Hayes[/name] will rocket up the charts, but since it doesn’t get lost in [name]Jackson[/name], [name]Landon[/name], [name]Jaxon[/name], [name]Brayden[/name], [name]Brandon[/name], [name]Carson[/name], [name]Grayson[/name], [name]Bryson[/name], etc, the way that [name]Hudson[/name] assuredly does, it will still stand out. [name]Blaze[/name] and [name]Blaise[/name] are close rhymes, but that’s a grand total of 3 names. [name]Hayes[/name]’ relative rarity and unusual rhythm and sound also has the side benefit of highlighting [name]Alexander[/name], which is risking becoming a bit of a filler middle, stuffed in after all of those 2-syllable ends-in-n boy names. Have a look at your local birth announcements- if there isn’t a [name]Mason[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Jayden[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], or [-]son [name]Alexander[/name] among them I’ll eat my digital hat 
– and to be fair, they (the / Alexanders) are lovely-sounding. Great balance between strength and polish, and a good rhythm with many surnames. [name]Duncan[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] (and [name]Euan[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], come to think of it) was a favourite name of mine for the better part of a decade…there are just so many of them!
In conclusion: [name]Hayes[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]!
I much prefer [name]Hayes[/name]. I think [name]Hudson[/name] is very trendy and way too popular.
I agree! Thanks!