Abstract
Original article: Varnum, Michael E. W., & Kitayama, S. (2011). What’s in a name? Popular names are less common on frontiers. Psychological Science, 22(2), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610395396
Because of a data-entry error, the Hofstede’s Individualism score used for Hungary in Study 3 was incorrect. The overall conclusions expressed in the article were not affected by this error; however, several results reported in Study 3 do change slightly once the correct score is used. Therefore, the statistics in two passages are being updated as follows: All four measures of the percentage of babies who received popular names were highly negatively correlated with country-level Individualism scores, rs ranged from –.53 to –.70, ps ranged from .07 to .008. (p. 180) Individualism scores remained a strong predictor of naming practices even when we simultaneously controlled for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population density, and historical pathogen prevalence, βs ranged from –0.54 to –0.71, ps ranged from .05 to .003. (pp. 180–182)
In addition, several values are being updated in Figure 3 (p. 181) and Table S4 in the Supplemental Material available online.
Correlation between Hofstede Individualism score (Hofstede, Hofstede, & Minkov, 2010) and the percentage of babies given any of the 10 most popular names in their respective country (Study 3). Scatter plots (with best-fitting regression lines) show results for (a) boys and (b) girls.