Kion is a modern name that Americans know from the lion cub hero of Disney's The Lion Guard, a Lion King spin-off that debuted in 2015; the show's writers drew it from the Swahili kiongozi, "leader", though as a given name it also reads as a blend of Kian and Keon. The data show the Disney effect clearly: Kion ranked number 4238 in 2015, leapt to number 1439 in 2016, peaked at number 1380 in 2017 and stood at number 2625 in 2025 with 50 boys.