By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Michael Varnum, graduate student in psychology, and Shinobu Kitayama, professor of psychology and faculty associate of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, told LiveScience about their study showing that regional cultures in the U.S. influence the names that parents give their children.

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To read the entire news release, see the LiveScience website at http://www.livescience.com/12934-popular-baby-names-frontier-states.html.