The Cagle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,647 people carried this name — #2,039 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 17,380 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cagle surname

Americanized form of German Kagel.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cagle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Cagle in American newspapers,
1908–1929.

Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Cagle
South Bend News-times 1929-12-01
Newspaper page from Waterbury Evening Democrat carrying the name Cagle
Waterbury Evening Democrat 1908-06-08
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Cagle
South Bend News-times 1928-11-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,338 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cagle in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

45 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cagle. The most, 11, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 16
New South Wales 13
Queensland 8
South Australia 4
Western Australia 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cagle.

Who carried it

People named Cagle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Chris Cagle
    Chris Cagle 1905–1942 · American football player
  • Harold Cagle 1913–1977 · athletics competitor
  • Charles V. Cagle 1927–1972

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cagle,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States904 records

904 records of the Cagle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 676
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 201
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mansel W. Cagle

    Born 1919 in Alabama. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McClellan; farm hand from De Kalb County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Randy Graham Cagle

    Born 1950; from Menlo, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Thuan, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rebecca Cagle

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Australia from Glasgow, aged 17; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 904 records for Cagle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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