Since naming Hudson, “Hudson” has popped up a lot that we’ve noticed. Our contact at our bank has a last name of Hudson, the actress Jennifer Hudson had a family tragedy and she sang at the Steelers Super Bowl, a plane miraculously landed in the Hudson in New York, and two restaurants have opened in Seattle recently: Hudson Public House and Hudson Restaurant. Ironically, we picked the name because our other top choice was too trendy.
Update: Another reference today to Hudson in NYT photo and article.
Troy & Gay 
Funny how that works. Happened to us with our boy only worse. He is even bothered by the popularity of his name now. We are trying to come up with a good nickname that he likes and we like.
btw – we’ve already been to the Hudson Public House a couple of times.