The Gayle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,916 people carried this name — #4,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,300 people counted. That is up 18% from 6,712 in 2000.

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In print

Gayle in American newspapers,
1904–1930.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Gayle
The Milwaukee Leader 1930-10-02
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Gayle
The Roswell Daily Record 1910-01-17
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Gayle
The Roswell Daily Record 1904-03-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,212 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gayle in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

922 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gayle. The most, 483, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 324
South Australia 199
New South Wales 164
Western Australia 79
Victoria 61
ACT (Canberra) 54
Tasmania 16
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Gayle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Gayle
    John Gayle 1792–1859 · judge
  • Amelia Gayle Gorgas
    Amelia Gayle Gorgas 1826–1913 · librarian
  • June Ward Gayle
    June Ward Gayle 1865–1942 · politician
  • Sands Gayle
    Sands Gayle 1870–1918 · politician
  • Margot Gayle
    Margot Gayle 1908–2008 · writer
  • Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle 1804–1835 · diarist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gayle,
in the records of 4 countries.

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 States277 records

277 records of the Gayle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 104
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James O. Gayle

    Born 1909 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Indianapolis, Indiana; packer from Lake County, Indiana. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Harold Gayle

    Born 1930; from Madill, Oklahoma. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1951 in Korea.

    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 Richard Gayle

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Rhein from London, aged 23; mariner. Bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 277 records for Gayle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Gayle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Catherine Gayle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Merlin, aged 29; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fanny Gayle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1888 aboard the Iberia, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George James Gayle

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1923.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Gayle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Gayle name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marsha Gayle

    Born 1926 in the United States; died 1991 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Gayle name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Marie Gayle

    Baptised in 1696 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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