Let F be a Siegel cusp form of weight k and degree n>1 with Fourier‐Jacobi coefficients {ϕm}m∈N. In this article, we investigate the Ramanujan–Petersson conjecture (formulated by Kohnen) for the Petersson norm of ϕm. In particular, we show that this conjecture is true when F is a Hecke eigenform and a Duke–Imamoğlu–Ikeda lift. This generalizes a result of Kohnen and Sengupta. Further, we investigate an omega result and a lower bound for the Petersson norms of ϕm as m→∞. Interestingly, these results are different depending on whether F is a Saito–Kurokawa lift or a Duke–Imamoğlu–Ikeda lift of degree n⩾4.