Most Popular Baby Names

Facts of Life

Last month, the top baby-names list for 2013 was released.

Noah came in No. 1 for boys; it was the first time that Michael or Jacob hasn’t topped the list since 1960, according to the Social Security Administration.

Sophia was No. 1 for girls, for the third year in a row.

The rest of the Top 10 names for boys were: Liam, Jacob, Mason, William, Ethan, Michael, Alexander, Jayden and Daniel. The other top names for girls were: Emma, Olivia, Isabella, Ava, Mia, Emily, Abigail, Madison and Elizabeth.

Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.